Patent ID: 7576928

Claim:
A solid immersion lens holder comprising: a holder, supporting a solid immersion lens in the gravity direction with a bottom surface of the solid immersion lens protruding downward through an opening, said solid immersion lens being configured to move independently with respect to said holder, wherein said holder comprises: a first holder, formed to have a cylindrical shape, holding said solid immersion lens in a state wherein the bottom surface of said solid immersion lens is protruded downward through an opening at the bottom surface thereof, and being equipped with a collar part at an outer peripheral surface thereof; and a second holder, formed to have a cylindrical shape, having said collar part of said first holder set thereon in a state wherein the bottom surface of the solid immersion lens, held by said first holder, is protruded downward through an opening at the bottom surface thereof, and supporting said first holder and said solid immersion lens in the gravity direction.