Patent ID: 7113330
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A microscope apparatus comprising: an area-light source which faces a sample to output a uniform area light, and which directs the light towards two irradiation regions corresponding respectively to a right field of view and a left field of view; two eye pieces, including a right eye piece which has the right field of view and a left eye piece that has the left field of view, to simultaneously observe the sample, the fields of view of the eye pieces being aligned in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the area light; an adjusting unit which is provided between the area-light source and the sample, and which includes a notch that extends in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the area light and that has a width which changes in a predetermined manner along the two irradiation regions; wherein an amount of the area light passing through each of the fields of view is adjustable by moving the adjusting unit in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis of the area light.