EP 1606665 A1 20051221 - SCANNING MICROSCOPE COMPRISING A CONFOCAL SLIT SCANNER FOR REPRODUCING AN OBJECT
Title (en)
SCANNING MICROSCOPE COMPRISING A CONFOCAL SLIT SCANNER FOR REPRODUCING AN OBJECT
Title (de)
RASTERMIKROSKOP MIT KONFOKALEM SPALTSCANNER ZUM ABBILDEN EINES OBJEKTES
Title (fr)
MICROSCOPE A BALAYAGE AYANT UN SCANNER A FENTE A FOYER COMMUN DESTINE A REPRESENTER UN OBJET
Publication
Application
Priority
- DE 0303163 W 20030923
- DE 10257120 A 20021205
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2004051341A1] The invention relates to a scanning microscope for reproducing an object (1), said microscope comprising a light source (2), a spectrally selective element (8) which can be adjusted in an almost infinitely variable manner, a spectrally selective detection device (4) which can be adjusted in an almost infinitely variable manner, an illumination beam path (3) extending from the light source (2) to the object (1), and a detection beam path (5) extending from the object (1) to the detection device (4). According to the invention, the spectrally selective element (8) is used to select light from the light source (2) for illuminating the object; the spectrally selective element (8) is used to mask out the selected light of the light source (2), which is reflected and/or scattered on the object (1), from the detection beam path; and at least one wavelength range of the light extending along the detection beam path (5) can be detected by means of the spectrally selective detection device (4). The present invention is characterised, for the detection of an object (1) at a high scanning speed with an improved signal-to-noise ratio, in that the illumination beam path (3) and the detection beam path (5) are embodied in the form of a confocal slit scanner.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
G02B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G02B 21/0032 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 21/0076 (2013.01 - EP US); G02B 21/0084 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2004051341A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
DE FR GB
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2004051341 A1 20040617; AU 2003280287 A1 20040623; DE 10257120 A1 20040708; DE 10257120 B4 20200116; EP 1606665 A1 20051221; JP 2006510926 A 20060330; JP 4116622 B2 20080709; US 2006152787 A1 20060713; US 7477380 B2 20090113
DOCDB simple family (application)
DE 0303163 W 20030923; AU 2003280287 A 20030923; DE 10257120 A 20021205; EP 03770874 A 20030923; JP 2004555992 A 20030923; US 53733505 A 20051017