Patent ID: 6297904
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An inverted microscope that reflects an observation light passing through an image-formation optical system upward using at least one reflection optical system and that leads the observation light to an observation optical path, said inverted microscope comprising:a confocal scanner arranged at an image surface position of the image-formation optical system;a light source for applying a light onto a sample through the confocal scanner and the image-formation optical system;a confocal image formation optical system that leads the light passing through the confocal scanner to the sample through the image-formation optical system, returns a return light from the sample to the confocal scanner along a route opposite to that for leading the light to the sample, and obtains a confocal image; anda confocal observation optical system for leading the return light from the sample passing through the confocal scanner to the observation optical path.