Patent ID: 7580171

Claim:
A device for confocal observation of a specimen, comprising a mask, which is located in an illumination beam path and an image beam path and which is rotatable around a central axis, the mask being provided with openings for generating an illumination pattern moving on the specimen, an arrangement of a plurality of focusing microoptics which are adjusted to the geometric arrangement of the openings of the mask and to the rotation of the mask in order to concentrate the illumination light by each of the microoptics into a respective one of the openings of the mask, and a beam splitter for separating light from the specimen which has passed through the openings of the mask from illumination light, wherein the microoptics are formed by focusing micromirrors, each of which comprises one of the openings of the mask, and wherein focusing macrooptics are provided for imaging the focal spot pattern of the illumination light generated by the micromirrors onto the openings of mask.