Patent ID: 11966036
Assignee: CARL ZEISS MICROSCOPY GMBH
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 16:
17. A microscopy method, comprising the steps:
scanning a sample with illuminating light by means of a scanner;
guiding sample light from the sample to a light detector by means of a microlens array;
wherein the microlens array comprises a plurality of microlenses and is arranged in a region of a pupil plane;
wherein the light detector comprises a plurality of detector elements and a plurality of the detector elements are respectively arranged behind each microlens;
reading out the detector elements with a frequency which is within a pixel dwell time with which the scanning of the sample is carried out;
measuring intensity distributions with the detector elements arranged behind the microlenses and deriving a wavefront datum regarding the sample light therefrom;
computing a sample point signal from signals of the detector elements;
successively deflecting illuminating light onto different sample points with the scanner and capturing corresponding sample point signals, wherein, for at least some of the different sample points, a corresponding wavefront datum regarding the sample light is also determined.