SUPER-RESOLUTION OBSERVATION DEVICE AND SUPER-RESOLUTION OBSERVATION METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform a super resolution observation of an unstained sample.SOLUTION: One embodiment of super-resolution observation devices exemplified by the present invention comprises: an illumination optical system that converges first illumination light of an optical frequency ωand second illumination light of optical frequency ωto an area of an observation object surface; a modulation unit that modulates a characteristic of the first illumination light heading for the area by a modulation frequency f; and an extraction unit that extracts a component of the optical frequency ωor ωin which the characteristic varies by a frequency higher than the modulation frequency ffrom light generated in the area in responce to the first illumination light and the second illumination light.