IP Library Granted Patent US 7,301,696
Granted Patent B2
US 7,301,696 · App. 10/967,321 · Granted Nov 27, 2007

Optical scanning microscope

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Patent No.
US 7,301,696
App. No.
10/967,321
Granted
Nov 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

Microscope, in particular optical scanning microscope with illumination of a specimen via a beam splitter, which is arranged in an objective pupil and consists of at least a reflecting first portion and at least a transmitting second portion, whereby the reflecting portion serves to couple in the illumination light and the transmitting portion serves to pass the detection light in the detection direction or the transmitting portion serves to couple in the illumination light and the reflecting portion serves to couple out the detection light, with a first scanning arrangement, whereby means are provided in the detection light path for the overlay of at least one further scanning arrangement for illumination and detection.

Claims (7)

1. An optical scanning microscope comprising:

a source of illumination light,

an objective pupil,

a beam splitter for illuminating a specimen with the illumination light, the beam splitter being arranged in the objective pupil and including at least one reflecting first portion and at least one transmitting second portion, wherein one of the first and second portion couples in the illumination light and the other of the first and second portion passes detection light in a detection direction,

a first scanning arrangement for scanning the illumination light onto the beam splitter,

at least one further scanning arrangement coupled in via the beam splitter, and

means for detecting specimen light coming from the beam splitter without descanning.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2013
From: CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH
To: CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY GMBH
Reel/Frame 030801/0205 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2005
From: WOLLESCHENSKY, RALF
To: CARL ZEISS JENA GMBH
Reel/Frame 016282/0356 →