Patent ID: 7301626

Claim:
A laser-scanning examination apparatus comprising: a first laser light source for producing ultrashort-pulse laser light; a second laser light source for producing continuous-wave laser light; a measurement head including an optical scanning unit for scanning the laser light from the first and second laser light sources on a specimen and an objective optical system for imaging the laser light scanned by the optical scanning unit onto the specimen; a first imaging unit for detecting return light from the specimen in response to the ultrashort-pulse laser light from the first laser light source; a second imaging unit for detecting return light from the specimen in response to the continuous-wave laser light from the second laser light source; a first optical fiber for connecting the first laser light source, the second laser light source, and the second imaging unit with the measurement head, the first optical fiber being configured to transmit the ultrashort-pulse laser light and the continuous-wave laser light to the measurement head and to transmit the return light from the specimen in response to the continuous-wave laser light to the second imaging unit; and a second optical fiber, having a core diameter larger than the first optical fiber, for connecting the first imaging unit with the measurement head, the second optical fiber being configured to transmit the return light from the specimen in response to the ultrashort-pulse laser to the first imaging unit.