Patent ID: 7764375
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope for imaging microscopic objects, comprising: a light source, an illumination beam path, an imaging beam path, an imaging optical device, wherein the illumination beam path extends from the light source to an object, wherein the imaging beam path extends from the object to a detector or a tube, wherein at least one polarization device is provided in the illumination beam path, wherein the polarization device is configured to convert light of the light source to a prescribable polarization state, an analyzer device provided in the imaging beam path, wherein the analyzer device and the polarization device are configured to be adjusted in relation to one another in such a manner that light entering the imaging beam path cannot pass through the analyzer device, and an adjustable optical component provided in at least one of the beam paths between the polarization device and the analyzer device, wherein the adjustable optical component is configured to substantially depolarize the light in the predetermined polarization state and serving to illuminate the object or to split the light in the predetermined polarization state into partial beams, depending on an adjustment of the adjustable optical component.