Patent ID: 7692879
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. Confocal microscope having an illumination beam path and an image beam path, the microscope comprising: coupling means for coupling the illumination beam path and the image beam path, adjusting means for adjusting operating conditions of the microscope, a confocal aperture placed in the image beam path, focusing optics placed in the image beam path for focusing a selected specimen field on the confocal aperture and for defining a converging beam area in the image beam path, a detector unit following the confocal aperture, a correction device for centering the focused specimen field on the confocal aperture, the correction device including at least one plane-parallel transparent plate, wherein the at least one plane-parallel transparent plate has at least one of a tilting and a swiveling movement around at least one axis, wherein the at least one plane-parallel transparent plate is placed in the focusing image beam path between the focusing optics and the confocal aperture, and control means for recording at least one operating parameter of the confocal microscope and adjusting the tilting situation of the at least one plane-parallel transparent plate to be dependent on the setting of the operating parameter, wherein the at least one operating parameter includes a setting of the adjusting means.