Patent ID: 7196339

Claim:
A measuring apparatus for measuring light emitted from a specimen, comprising: a light source unit that emits light for generating light from the specimen, the light source unit inluding a lens that collimates light to be projected from the light source unit; a confocal optical microscope having a light input port to take in light for generating light from the specimen and an output port to output signal light; and a light-receiving unit connected to the confocal optical microscope, the light-receiving unit having an input portion to take in signal light output from the confocal optical microscope, and a light extracting unit that extracts specific light to be detected from the signal light taken in through the input portion; wherein the confocal optical microscope has an objective lens opposed to a specimen, the input portion of the light-receiving unit is optically connected to the output port of the confocal optical microscope, and the output port is located farther from the objective lens than the light input port.