Patent ID: 7485876
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A laser scanning microscope comprising: an exciting observation light source emitting exciting observation light; a stimulation light source emitting stimulation light; a first scanning portion that two-dimensionally scans the exciting observation light emitted from the exciting observation light source across a specimen; a second scanning portion that sets a two-dimensional position on the specimen to which the stimulation light emitted from the stimulation light source is irradiated; an optical path combining portion that brings the exciting observation light scanned by the first scanning portion and the stimulation light positioned by the second scanning portion to an identical optical path; an objective lens that irradiates the specimen with at least one of the exciting observation light and the stimulation light passed through the optical path combining portion, and also collects fluorescence light emitted from the specimen; and a detecting portion that detects the fluorescence light collected by the objective lens, wherein the optical path combining portion is disposed so as to be optically conjugate to the first scanning portion and the second scanning portion.