Patent ID: 9297990
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A confocal microscope comprising: an illumination optical system configured to uniformly illuminate at least part of a first confocal stop; a first collection optical system configured to collect a light beam passing through the first confocal stop onto a specimen; a second collection optical system configured to collect a light beam from the specimen onto a second confocal stop; a detection unit configured to detect a light beam passing through the second confocal stop; a first light intensity control member provided to at least one of the first collection optical system and the second collection optical system and having a transmittance of a first region including an optical axis that is lower than a transmittance of a second region around the first region; and a second light intensity control member provided to the illumination optical system and having a transmittance of a third region including the optical axis that is lower than a transmittance of a fourth region around the third region.