Patent ID: 6717723
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
A scanning laser microscope comprising:a laser generation unit which generates a laser beam; a light modulation unit which modulates the laser beam; a scanning unit which causes the laser beam to scan a sample; a light receiving unit which receives light from the sample; a control unit which controls the light modulation unit for each pixel of a scanning image acquired by light receiving of the light receiving unit; and a storage unit which stores a plurality of control patterns, the number of pixels of the patterns corresponding to the number of pixels of the scanning image, and in which modulation information of the laser beam is set for each pixel, wherein the control unit reads the control patterns stored in the storage unit, controls the light modulation unit on the basis of the modulation information of each pixel, and performs such control that the control patterns are changed at an arbitrary timing.