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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2001
Rainer Uhl, Gräfelfing, DE;
Till I. D. GmbH, Grafelfing, DE;
Abstract
A fluorescence-measuring device for scanning a specimen ( ) with a selection element ( ). Excitation light is coupled to an excitation beam path and guided to the specimen surface. Fluorescent light, which is emitted by the specimen surface, crosses the excitation beam path in a reverse direction and at the same time is decoupled from the excitation beam path. In the beam path, there is a first dispersive element ( ) so that the fluorescent light emitted by the specimen surface can strike the selection element spectrally split. The selection element includes a first area ( ) and a second area ( ) allowing selection between the excitation and fluorescent light. According to a first aspect, a spatial extension of a transmission area ( ) is adjustable in order to adjust the transmitted wavelength range of the emission light. According to a second aspect, the selection element ( ) makes it possible to operate with a coherent excitation having several laser lines. A two-dimensional confocal measurement arrangement can be accomplished and the emission light separated from the excitation light can be detected with spectral resolution.