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US 6,611,643 B2Granted
Illuminating device and microscope
AssigneeLeica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH
InventorsHolger Birk, Rafael Storz
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Abstract
The invention discloses an illuminating device (1) having a laser (3) that emits a light beam (7), which is directed onto a microstructured optical element (13) that spectrally broadens the light from the laser. The laser (3) and the microstructured optical element (13) are arranged within the casing.
Claims32
An illuminating device comprising:
- a laser that emits a light beam, a microstructured optical element on which the light beam is directed and wherein the microstructured optical element spectrally broadens the light beam and a casing, defining an exit opening from which the spectrally broadened light beam emerges and wherein the laser and the microstructured optical element are arranged within the casing.
An illuminating device comprising:
- a laser that emits a light beam, a tapered optical fiber into which the light beam is coupled and wherein the tapered optical fiber spectrally broadens the light beam and a casing, defining an exit opening from which the spectrally broadened light beam emerges and wherein the laser and the tapered optical fiber are arranged within the casing.
A microscope comprising:
- an illuminating device for illuminating a preparation having a laser that emits a light beam and a microstructured optical element on which the light beam is directed, wherein the microstructured optical element spectrally broadens the light beam.
A microscope comprising:
- an illuminating device for illuminating a preparation having a laser that emits a light beam and a tapered optical fiber on which the light beam is directed, wherein the tapered optical fiber spectrally broadens the light beam.
A confocal scanning microscope comprising:
- an illuminating device for illuminating a preparation having a laser that emits a light beam and a microstructured optical element on which the light beam is directed, wherein the microstructured optical element spectrally broadens the light beam.
A confocal scanning microscope comprising:
- an illuminating device for illuminating a preparation having a laser that emits a light beam and a tapered optical fiber on which the light beam is directed, wherein the tapered optical fiber spectrally broadens the light beam.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.