Patent ID: 7999935

Claim:
Device for imaging at least one microscopic property of a sample, comprising: at least one light source for generating at least one coherent illumination light of at least one illumination light wavelength; at least one optics for illuminating at least one area within or on the sample with the at least one coherent illumination light; a spatially splitting beam splitter for separating at least in part the light from the sample into at least one coherent detection light emitted by the sample and at least one incoherent detection light emanating from the sample, wherein the spatially splitting beam splitter comprises at least a first area of high transparency of a first shape and a second area of high reflectivity of a second shape that differs from the first shape so that the spatially splitting beam splitter transmits or reflects light selectively depending on the areas of first and second shapes where light is incident on for splitting the incident light into the at least one coherent detection light emitted by the sample and the at least one incoherent detection light emanating from the sample; at least one additional beam splitter element provided in the beam path for separating the at least one coherent detection light from the at least one coherent illumination light; and at least one detection device for detection of the coherent detection light.