Patent ID: 9080937
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G01N,G01Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for investigating a sample by means of several investigation methods comprising: a sample carrier suitable for receiving a sample to be investigated in a sample receiving region; a first investigation device suitable for investigating the sample according to at least one first investigation method, the first investigation device having a first optical beam path for a first measurement light, wherein the first investigation device comprises a probe microscope suitable for investigating the sample by probe microscopy, and wherein the first investigation device is arranged on a side of the sample carrier on which the sample is received; a second investigation device suitable for investigating the sample according to at least one second investigation method different from the at least one first investigation method, the second investigation device having a second optical beam path for a second measurement light, wherein the second investigation device is arranged on a side of the sample carrier opposite to the side on which the sample is received; and an optical component having a light-permeable section for the first measurement light as well as an at least partially reflecting section for the second measurement light and which is disposed in the first optical beam path and in the second optical beam path in such a manner that the first optical beam path is formed by a material of the optical component in the light-permeable section, and that the second optical beam path is formed with a light-reflecting deflection at the at least one partially reflecting section, wherein the optical component is arranged on the side of the sample carrier on which the sample is received.