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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2010
Tatsuo Nakata, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Takagi, Saitama, JP;
Tatsuo Nakata, Tokyo, JP;
Kosuke Takagi, Saitama, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laser scanning microscope includes a stage that moves a sample placed thereon, a laser light source that emits laser light, a line-focus optical system that focuses the laser light into a line shape, a DMD including a plurality of movable micromirrors that are arrayed in the lengthwise direction of the line shape and that reflect the line-focused laser light, an irradiation optical system that irradiates the sample with the laser light reflected by the DMD, and a photodetector in which a plurality of channels for detecting light from the sample are arrayed in one column, wherein the DMD is driven so that a plurality of micromirrors simultaneously reflect the laser light and so that micromirrors that reflect the laser light are sequentially switched, wherein the stage moves the sample in a direction crossing the array direction of a plurality of light spots formed on the sample.