FIBER-COUPLED, HIGH-SPEED, INTEGRATED, ANGLED-DUAL-AXIS CONFOCAL SCANNING MICROSCOPES EMPLOYING VERTICAL CROSS-SECTION SCANNING

摘要

This invention provides an angled-dual axis confocal scanning microscope (Fig. 1A) comprising a fiber-coupled (103 and 104), angled-dual-axis confocal scanning head (100) and a vertical scanning unit (111). The angled-dual-axis confocal scanning head is configured such that an angle within an object (120) and the scanning is achieved by pivoting the illumination and observation beams using a single scanning element, thereby producing an arc-line scan (121).