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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2007
Applicant:
Akihiro Kitahara, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Akihiro Kitahara, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/00 (2006.01); H01J 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A confocal laser scanning microscope acquires confocal images of a sample. The microscope is provided with an optical-microscope optical system which acquires non-confocal images of the sample by detecting measurement light coming from the sample. The optical-microscope optical system includes optical systems corresponding to at least two observation methods, and one of the optical systems is selected during use.