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7385565 Projection-type display apparatus  
A projection-type display apparatus that has enhanced the sense of being present by adaptively adjusting, with a simple constitution, projection illumination, depending on an image signal, without...
7366394 Multilayer observation optical microscope and multilayer observation unit  
In an optical microscope, a pair of convergence/collimation lenses ( 5, 6 ) are arranged in the common optical axis of a light beam directed toward a sample ( 15 ) being observed through an...
7342717 Wave field microscope with detection point spread function  
The present invention relates to two new wave field microscopes, type I and type II, which are distinguished by the fact that they each have an illumination and excitation system, which include at...
7324273 Confocal self-interference microscopy from which side lobe has been removed  
The present invention relates to confocal self-interference microscopy. The confocal self-interference microscopy further includes a first polarizer for polarizing reflected or fluorescent light...
7304791 Optical microscope apparatus using convergent beam as illumination light  
The optical microscope apparatus comprises an illuminating element for emitting as illumination light a convergent beam converging at a point in space; a sample mounting table for mounting a sample...
7301697 Microscope device  
Specularly reflected light from a convergence position on an object surface 31 enters a second critical-angle prism 14 , another prism 15 , and a first critical-angle prism 13 of a parallel...
7292389 Circular extinction contrast imaging microscope  
Systems and methods for producing circular extinction (CE) contrast images of anisotropic samples. Microscope systems for determining circular extinction (CE), the differential transmission of left...
7233434 Orientation independent differential interference contrast microscopy technique and device  
A method for performing differential interference contrast microscopy on a specimen includes collecting at least two images with illumination respectively having first and second beam-shear...
7151632 Apparatus for production of an inhomogeneously polarized optical beam for use in illumination and a method thereof  
An apparatus for producing an inhomogeneously polarized optical beam from a homogeneously polarized input optical beam includes a first phase shifter, a second phase shifter, and one or more...
7079316 Microscope and microscopy method for producing overlay images  
A microscope includes an interference contrast transmitted-light device having an analyzer disposed in the microscope imaging beam path, the analyzer causing a beam deflection. A fluorescence...
7046436 Arrangement and method for polarization-optical interference contrast  
The invention is directed to a method of differential interference contrast in which the object is illuminated by natural light and the light coming from the object is first polarized after passing...
6995847 Methods and systems for substrate surface evaluation  
A method for determining a surface quality of a substrate sample using a differential interference contrast microscope is described. The microscope includes an eyepiece, an eyepiece focus...
6927888 Method and apparatus for imaging using polarimetry and matrix based image reconstruction  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for improving the signal to noise ratio, the contrast and the resolution in images recorded using an optical imaging system which produces a...
6865013 High-resolution optical microscope  
A direct-view optical microscope system is provided which uses high-energy light from a phenomenon known as non-resonant Raman scattering to illuminate a living biological specimen. One embodiment...
6753968 Optical storage system based on scanning interferometric near-field confocal microscopy  
A near-field, interferometric optical microscopy system includes: a beam splitter positioned to separate an input beam into a measurement beam and a reference beam; a mask positioned to receive the...
6674574 Focusing system for a microscope and a reflected illumination fluorescence microscope using the focusing system  
A focusing system for a microscope has an objective lens, a sample stage, a reflected illumination system for generating fluorescence from a sample, a transmitted illumination system for...
6606159 Optical storage system based on scanning interferometric near-field confocal microscopy  
A near-field, interferometric optical microscopy system includes: a beam splitter positioned to separate an input beam into a measurement beam and a reference beam; a mask positioned to receive the...
6596982 Reflection suppression in focal plane arrays by use of blazed diffraction grating  
A reflection suppression system for suppressing reflection from scanned infrared focal plane arrays using a system of two or more blazed diffraction gratings in the path of radiations to the array.
6577394 Imaging system using polarization effects to enhance image quality  
The quality of images produced by confocal microscopy, and especially scanning laser confocal microscopy, is enhanced especially for images obtained in turbid mediums such as many biological tissue...
6549334 Transmission illumination type differential interference microscope  
In the transmission illumination type differential interference microscope, light in a given polarized state is separated by a first birefringent optical member 1 into two linearly polarized...
6525875 Microscope generating a three-dimensional representation of an object and images generated by such a microscope  
A microscope is disclosed which determines a complex three-dimensional representation of an object based on a series of recordings of the light wave diffracted by the object, wherein the direction...
6449088 Variable darkfield illumination system for micro and macro optical imagers  
A variable dark-field illumination method and apparatus to produce microscopic and macroscopic images with a variable dark-field effect thereby making best use of various detector response...
6414792 Analyzer insert for a polarizing microscope  
The invention relates to an analyzer insert ( 1 ) in which the rotation of an adjustment wheel ( 2 ) accessible from the outside is transmitted by means of two parallel adjustment levers ( 8, 9 )...
6404545 Optical apparatus and microscope  
An optical apparatus and a microscope are designed so that high resolution and a high sectioning effect are provided; a time for obtaining an output image can be reduced; it is possible to observe...
6404544 Wavelength multiplexed quantitative differential interference contrast microscopy  
A differential interference contrast (DIC) microscope system is provided comprising: (a) an illumination source for illuminating a sample; (b) a lens system for viewing the illuminated sample,...
6323995 Optical element switching device and optical microscope loaded with the device  
An optical element switching device is provided wherein a plurality of optical elements are held by a guide mechanism for guiding them to move straight or rotate and arranged on a turret, and...
6317261 Phase contrast observation device  
A phase contrast observation device for observing a phase object (O), and phase apertures for same. The device comprises, in order along an optical axis (AX), a light source (LS) capable of...
6317259 Interference microscope  
An interference microscope includes an illumination optical system for making two light beams fall on a subject, an observation optical system for forming an interference image by causing...
6292287 Scanning confocal optical device  
A scanning confocal optical device comprises a light source section, a light transmitting section, a light scanning section, a polarized-plane modulating element, a polarizing/separating element, a...
6275335 Single-lens 3D method, microscope, and video adapter  
A method and teaching for creating stereographic images with the use of a single lens is presented. A leading linear polarizing filter, a passive half-wave retarder, an electric switched...
6229644 Differential interference contrast microscope and microscopic image processing system using the same  
A differential interference contrast microscope including an illuminating light source, a polarizer for converting an illumination light ray into a linearly polarized light, a polarized light...
6198573 Computer supported video microscope  
The invention relates to a compact microscope 4 especially for medical routine applications. The microscope is configured as a closed housing 8 wherein the specimen 30 to be microscoped is drawn in...
6144489 Confocal microscope  
A confocal microscope comprises a light source, a focusing arrangement, a detector and an encoded mask (17). The light source illuminates the mast (17) and the encoded light is then focused on a...
6137626 Optical system having polarization compensating optical system  
An optical system having a polarization compensating optical system capable of compensating for retardation with high accuracy. The polarization compensating optical system includes a half-wave...
6134010 Imaging system using polarization effects to enhance image quality  
The quality of images produced by confocal microscopy, and especially scanning laser confocal microscopy, is enhanced especially for images obtained in turbid mediums such as many biological tissue...
6134009 Imaging system using polarization effects to enhance image quality  
The quality of images produced by confocal microscopy, and especially scanning laser confocal microscopy, is enhanced especially for images obtained in turbid mediums such as many biological tissue...
6130776 Optical microscope which has optical modulation elements  
For observing transparent phase objects and the like, an optical microscope is provided with an aperture element 13 and an optical modulation element 14 that creates an image having the detecting...
6128127 Differential interference contrast microscope and microscopic image processing system using the same  
A differential interference contrast microscope including an illuminating light source, a polarizer for converting an illumination light ray into a linearly polarized light, a polarized light...
6061120 Infrared microscope  
When an operator causes an angle change, a rotation controller controls rotation of an aperture structure with an aperture. At the same time, a deviation amount calculator calculates a positional...
6034814 Differential interference microscope  
A reflected light differential interference microscope (100) having a birefringent optical member (B). Each birefringent optical member has a ray-separating plane (Q B ) that intersects the optical...
6008936 Grazing angle microscope  
The invention relates to a grazing angle microscope for spectroscopic applications. A novel light path having two shifting planar mirrors permits spectroscopic investigation of a sample area off...
6005709 Microscope system for using transmitted light to observe living organisms  
Microscope systems invention provide ability to image specimens, including specimens within living bodies, by imaging with transmitted light rather than solely with reflected light. The microscope...
5982535 Centrifuge microscope capable of realizing polarized light observation  
A centrifuge microscope includes a disk which is rotatable around a rotation axis and which is provided with a sample chamber for accommodating a sample. An observation optical system is provided...
5969855 Microscope apparatus  
A microscope apparatus that has an electronic image pickup device arranged on an image surface of an imaging optical system, a component for separating light from a light source into two portions,...
5969853 Optical microscope which has optical modulation elements  
An optical microscope is provided with an aperture element 13 and an optical modulation element 14 that creates an image having the detecting sensitivity of the phase contrast imaging technique...
5966204 Near-infrared microscope  
A near-intfrared microscope has a light source device for illumination for emitting near-infrared rays, an illuminating optical system for illuminating a specimen with illumination light from the...
5872651 Condenser system for microscopes  
An exchangeable condenser system for a phase-contrast illuminating system (12) for microscopes has a plurality of different light rings (5), arranged on a nosepiece plate (4), assigned to the...
5841577 Light microscope having acousto-optic tunable filters  
A light microscope comprises a light source and a first acousto-optic tunable filter responsive to the light source for producing two light streams of different polarization. A control circuit is...
5757542 Polarizing accessory system for microscopes  
A polarizing accessory system for use with a microscope. The microscope comprises an optical tube having a eye-piece lens and an objective lens, a stage having an aperture therein, and a light...
5751475 Phase contrast microscope  
A phase contrast microscope including an illuminating optical system, a ring slit arranged at a pupil of the illuminating optical system, an imaging optical system, and a phase plate arranged at a...
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