摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a confocal microscope that achieves a compact device configuration. <P>SOLUTION: A confocal microscope includes a light source that emits excitation light that excites a sample, and a confocal optical system that guides fluorescent light generated from the sample by focusing the excitation light to the sample to an image pickup device. The confocal optical system modulates amplitude or a phase of the excitation light and includes a spatial optical modulation device that selectively transmits the excitation light through the sample. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |