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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
May. 28, 2010
Ikuo Arata, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hirotoshi Terada, Hamamatsu, JP;
Toshimichi Ishizuka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A solid immersion lens supporting device includes a lens holderthat holds a solid immersion lensin a free state in which a lens bottom surfaceprotrudes downward through a lower openingso as not to fix the solid immersion lens, and a lens coverwhich is provided to an upper openingof the lens holder, and in which a cover bottom surfaceon the solid immersion lensside is on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, the lens cover coming into one-point contact with a spherical lens top surfaceof the solid immersion lens. Further, the lens coveris provided with a positioning portion which is capable of carrying out positioning of the solid immersion lenswith respect to the objective lens with reference to an image of the lens coverobserved via the objective lens. Thereby, the immersion lens supporting device which is capable of efficiently carrying out movement, installation, and positioning of the immersion lens onto a sample is realized.