Detection apparatus for the optical detection of an object, method for operating a detection apparatus of this type and scanning apparatus and confocal microscope

A detection apparatus for the optical detection of an object comprising

• detection means, which can detect the light emerging from the object;
• at least one imaging unit comprising
• first lens means having a plurality of lens elements arranged in the form of an array, through which light emerging from the object can pass;
• second lens means, which are arranged between the first lens means and the detection means and can feed the light that has passed through the lens elements to the detection means;
• wherein the second lens means have a plurality of lens elements arranged in the form of an array, and wherein the lens elements of the first and/or of the second lens means are in each case formed by at least two cylindrical lenses or cylinder-like lenses, the cylinder axes of said cylindrical lenses or cylinder-like lenses preferably forming an angle of 90° with one another and wherein the detection apparatus furthermore comprises scanning means by means of which the at least one imaging unit can be displaced with respect to the object and/or with respect to the detection means in at least one scanning direction.