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AssigneeLeica Microsystems Heidelberg GmbH
InventorJohann Engelhardt
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The present invention relates to an optical arrangement for deflecting a light beam (1, 14), in particular in two substantially mutually perpendicular directions (2, 3), preferably for applying to confocal scanning microscopes, having two mirrors (8, 10) which can be rotated by means of a rotary drive (4, 5) in each case about mutually perpendicular axes—the x-axis (6) and y-axis (7)—one of the two mirrors (8, 10) being assigned a further mirror (9) in a prescribed angular position in a rotationally fixed fashion such that the mutually assigned mirrors (8, 9)—first and second mirrors—rotate jointly about the y-axis (7), and in so doing rotate the light beam (1, 14) about a pivot (11) which lies on the axis of rotation (6)—the x-axis—of the third mirror (10). In order to minimize and, in the ideal case, to eliminate the distortion errors produced by the arrangement, the optical arrangement is characterized in that the mirrors (8, 9, 10) are arranged in such a way that the optical axis of the light beam (12) running between the second and the third mirrors (9, 10) always lies substantially in a plane containing the x-axis (6) and perpendicular to the y-axis (7).
An optical arrangement for deflecting a light beam in two substantially mutually perpendicular directions comprising a first rotary drive defining a first axis of rotation, a second rotary drive defining a second axis of rotation, wherein the axes are mutually perpendicular, a first mirror rotated by the first rotary device, a second mirror rotated by the second rotary device, a third mirror arranged in an angular position with respect to the first mirror wherein the first and third mirror rotate jointly about the first axis, a pivot point is defined on the second mirror, wherein the light beam pivots about the pivot point which lies on the second axis of rotation of the second mirror, and the first, second and third mirrors are arranged, that a light beam running between the second and the third mirrors and the second axis of rotation are always substantially in one plane and the plane is perpendicular to the first axis of rotation.
A confocal scanning microscope comprises:
A confocal scanning microscope comprises:
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