Confocal laser microscope
AssigneeCarl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH
InventorsStefan Wilhelm, Dieter Huhse
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Abstract
A confocal laser microscope has at least one laser whose illumination light is transmitted in direction of the microscope objective by at least one light-conducting fiber. The light-conducting fiber can be plugged in at a housing which preferably comprises the scanning head of the microscope, and a holder is provided which can be plugged into the housing and into which the light-conducting fiber projects and which is provided at its end remote of the fiber with first optics for transmitting the laser light exiting divergently from the fiber in direction of at least partially displaceable collimating optics in the housing. At least second optics are advantageously arranged between the first optics and the collimating optics.
Claims14
A confocal laser microscope comprising:
- an objective;
- at least one laser whose illumination light is transmitted in direction of the microscope objective by at least one light-conducting fiber;
- a first housing which houses displaceable collimating optics;
- and
- a second housing which is configured to be plugged into the first housing and into which the light-conducting fiber projects, the second housing being provided, at its end remote of the fiber, with first optics for transmitting laser light exiting divergently from the fiber in the second housing in direction of the displaceable collimating optics in the first housing.
A confocal laser microscope comprising:
- an objective;
- at least one laser whose illumination light is transmitted in direction of the microscope objective by at least one light-conducting fiber;
- a first housing which houses collimating optics;
- and
- a second housing which is configured to be plugged into the first housing and into which the light-conducting fiber projects, the second housing being provided, at its end remote of the fiber, with first optics for transmitting laser light exiting divergently from the fiber in the second housing in direction of the collimating optics in the first housing;
- wherein:
- at least second optics are arranged between the first optics and the collimating optics when the second housing is plugged into the first housing;
- or
- the collimating optics comprise a stationary lens and a displaceable lens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.