Three-dimensional microscope and method for obtaining...

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2008-03-18

2009-12-15

Connolly, Patrick J (Department: 2877)

Optics: measuring and testing

By light interference

Having wavefront division

C356S511000, C250S23700G

Reexamination Certificate

active

07633631

ABSTRACT:
A microscope which has a high three-dimensional resolution, does not require specimens to be stained and is easy to operate, is presented. The three-dimensional microscope includes a first optical system for illuminating an object with lights in a plurality of illuminating directions, one direction after another; an imaging section; a second optical system for guiding diffracted lights generated by the object and reference lights to the imaging section that obtains interference images of the diffracted lights and the reference lights; and a processor for generating a three-dimensional image using the interference images for respective illuminating directions, obtained by the imaging section. The processor obtains complex amplitudes of the diffracted lights from the interference images for respective illuminating directions and generates the three-dimensional image of the object from the complex amplitudes.

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