Patent ID: 11874450
Assignee: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBH
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An oblique plane microscope for imaging a sample, the oblique plane microscope comprising:
a single objective configured to illuminate a plane of the sample with a light sheet and to collect detection light from an illuminated plane;
a beam splitting system configured to split collected detection light into a first detection light bundle propagating along a first optical path (OP1) and a second detection light bundle propagating along a second optical path (OP2);
a first intermediate imaging system configured to generate a first intermediate image of the illuminated plane from the first detection light bundle in a first intermediate image space, said first intermediate imaging system comprising a first objective and a first reflecting element, the first reflecting element being positioned in the first intermediate image space and configured to reflect the first detection light bundle back into the first objective;
a second intermediate imaging system configured to generate a second intermediate image of the illuminated plane from the second detection light bundle in a second intermediate image space, said second intermediate imaging system comprising a second objective and a second reflecting element, the second reflecting element being positioned in the second intermediate image space and configured to reflect the second detection light bundle back into the second objective;
a detection system configured to detect the first and the second detection light bundles reflected back into the first and the second objectives, respectively, for imaging the sample; and
an illumination system configured to emit illumination light onto at least one of the first and the second reflecting elements for coupling the illumination light into at least one of the first and the second objectives.