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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an extremely thin illumination light producing device for microscope and an observation method with which stereoscopic information of cells and the like can be acquired by using the device. SOLUTION: The extremely thin illumination light producing device for microscope is equipped with a light source, a slit light forming means 9 which converts light from a light source into slit light, a transparent board 5 on which a sample 11 is placed, and incidence means which make the slit light be incident on the boundary face of the board and the sample-side medium at an angle which is a little smaller than the total reflection angle and which make the slit light be incident on an objective lens so that a refracted light which is thinner than the slit light is generated while maintaining a small angle with the boundary face and the refracted light becomes an extremely thin illumination light 8. The optical path of slit light changing means changes the optical path of the slit light so that the extremely thin illumination light 8 becomes different height with respect to the boundary face. Stereoscopic information of cells and the like can be acquire by using the observation method in which this device is utilized. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI
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