Patent ID: 11880026
Assignee: CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY GMBH
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A microscope comprising:
an excitation beam path;
a light source for providing excitation radiation (ER) in the excitation beam path;
a color splitter in the excitation beam path, wherein the color splitter is reflective to the excitation radiation (ER) and on account of whose effect a beam of the excitation radiation (ER) is reflected further along the excitation beam path;
a scanning apparatus configured for controlling a deflection of the excitation radiation (ER);
an objective in the excitation beam path configured for illuminating a sample located in a sample space with the excitation radiation (ER) and configured for capturing detection radiation (DR) brought about by means of the excitation radiation (ER);
a first apparatus configured for introducing optical elements into the excitation beam path, wherein the first apparatus is located in the excitation beam path between the light source and the color splitter, and wherein, in a first operating mode of the microscope, a first cylindrical optical element is introduced into the excitation beam path by the first apparatus;
a second apparatus configured for introducing optical elements into the excitation beam path, wherein the second apparatus is located in the excitation beam path between the color splitter and the scanning apparatus, and wherein, in the first operating mode of the microscope, a second cylindrical optical element is introduced into the excitation beam path by the second apparatus; and
a means for switching the microscope between the first operating mode and a second operating mode in which the first and second cylindrical optical elements are not introduced into the excitation path.