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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2002
Applicants:
Katsuyuki Abe, Hachioji, JP;
Keisuke Tamura, Hamburg, DE;
Inventors:
Katsuyuki Abe, Hachioji, JP;
Keisuke Tamura, Hamburg, DE;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/06 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microscope of the present invention causes laser light emanating from a light source to enter an optical fiber via a laser light introducing mechanism. The exit end of the optical fiber is connected with an adapter having a fiber position adjustment knob. The back focal position of an objective lens and the exit end position of the optical fiber are made conjugate by a condenser lens provided inside a reflecting illumination projecting tube. By shifting the exit end position of the optical fiber, conventional reflecting illumination and evanescent illumination are available.