Patent ID: 11947098
Assignee: nan
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A structured illumination system for a fluorescence microscope, comprising:
a first linear polarizer configured to receive a light beam;
a plurality of equidistant parallel slits configured to be illuminated by the light beam after passing through the first polarizer;
a Wollaston prism comprising two birefringent wedges, each birefringent wedge with an optical axis, configured to divide the light beam into two spherical waves to generate a plurality of light-sheet structured patterns;
a first converging lens with a front focal plane, configured to receive the divided light beam after passing through the Wollaston prism, wherein the front focal plane is collinear with the plurality of equidistant parallel slits; and
a second linear polarizer configured to receive the light beam after passing through the first converging lens but prior to illuminating a sample.