Patent ID: 7742213
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An adaptive scanning optical microscope comprising: a scanner lens assembly for performing finite imagery from different selected field positions of an object such that optical aberrations vary as a function of the selected field position, the scanner lens assembly forming an image field; image steering means for steering light from each field position, and along a light path from the object to a final image plane, the light along the light path having a wavefront; an adaptive optics element for affecting the shape of the wavefront in the light path to compensate for at least some of the field position dependant optical aberrations and for introducing a selected shape into the wavefront of the light along the optical path; additional image optics along at least part of the light path for conditioning the light for the adaptive optics element and for the final image plane; and the final imaging optics for projecting images at the final image plane.