Patent ID: 11899193
Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 5:
6. A microscope, comprising:
a connector adapter that includes an opening and a shaped reflective surface surrounding the opening,
wherein the connector adapter is configured to align a ferrule of a fiber optic connector with the opening of the connector adapter,
wherein the ferrule includes a ferrule endface;

a light source configured to transmit light to the shaped reflective surface and onto the ferrule endface,
wherein the light is a single light source configurable for multiple alternative microscopy lighting techniques,
wherein the single light source is configured to be used with the shaped reflective surface to provide a first microscopy lighting technique of the multiple alternative microscopy lighting techniques, and
wherein the single light source is configured to provide a second microscopy lighting technique, different than the first microscopy lighting technique and of the multiple alternative microscopy lighting techniques, when used with another shaped reflective surface; and

a camera configured to receive reflected light from the ferrule endface.