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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2010
Yusuke Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Nakata, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuo Nakata, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A laser scanning microscope includes a culture vessel that accommodates a specimen and is capable of maintaining an interior temperature and humidity thereof, and an optical system space adjacent and optically connected to the culture vessel. The optical system space includes a scanner that two-dimensionally scans ultrashort pulsed laser light across the specimen; an objective lens that focuses the scanned ultrashort pulsed laser light on the specimen and collects light coming from the specimen; a dichroic mirror, disposed between the scanner and the objective lens, that splits off the light coming from the specimen from the laser light; a photodetector that detects the split-off light coming from the specimen; and an outer cover, provided so as to surround the optical system space, that blocks light coming from outside the optical system space.