CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE UNIT AND CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE

• Main Authors: YAMASHITA, Jiro, TANABE, Yasuyuki, MATSUDA, Shunsuke, TERADA, Hirotoshi
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 04.01.2023
• Subjects: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TESTING

A confocal microscope unit 1A according to an embodiment includes: a first subunit 6a which includes a light source 10a, a pinhole plate 12a, and a photodetector 13a; a second subunit 6b which includes a light source 10b, a pinhole plate 12b, and a photodetector 13b; a scan mirror 4 which scans excitation light output from the first and second subunits 6a and 6b on a sample M via a microscope optical system and guides fluorescence generated from the sample M in response to the excitation light and focused by the microscope optical system to the first and second subunits 6a and 6b; and a main housing 2 which is attachable to a connection port PI and to which the scan mirror 4, the first subunit 6a, and the second subunit 6b are fixed, wherein the first subunit 6a and the second subunit 6b are disposed in the main housing 2 so that incident angles of two excitation lights to the scan mirror 4 are displaced from each other by a predetermined angle θS.