Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080316469 | Device and method for beam adjustment in an optical beam path - A device for beam adjustment in an optical beam path, having at least two mutually independent light sources ( | 12-25-2008 |
20090059357 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND A MICROSCOPE - An optical arrangement having an optical assembly ( | 03-05-2009 |
20100053725 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL COMPONENT - An acousto-optical component is suggested, in particular for use in the beam path of an optical arrangement, preferably of a microscope, with a crystal for the passage of light. Sound waves are generated via an electrical transducer and passed through the crystal. The sound waves passing through the crystal affect the optical properties of the crystal and therefore the light passing through the crystal. For exerting a variable influence on the light passing through the crystal, the sound waves passing through the crystal, or the acoustic field in the crystal, are/is variable. | 03-04-2010 |
20100073757 | OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND INFLUENCING A LIGHT RAY - An optical arrangement and a related method for operating this optical arrangement are suggested, particularly in microscopes, for use as at least one of a main beam splitter and a beam combiner. One or more light beams can be coupled into the arrangement and at least one of the light beams that were coupled in can be coupled out again after having passed through the optical arrangement. In the path of the coupled in light beams at least one controllable microstructured element is provided, allowing to switch beam paths within the optical arrangement. This allows controlling or influencing the one or more light beams that are coupled out. | 03-25-2010 |
20100122588 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A PREDETERMINABLE CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT IN A LIQUID MEDIUM - A method and a device for providing a predeterminable concentration of at least one component in a microscopic sample liquid medium are described. The device includes a feeding device for the at least one component. Measurement data are determined, measuring a predeterminable parameter using a microscopic method. The concentration of the at least one component is adjusted or controlled via the feeding device based on the basis of measurement data. | 05-20-2010 |
20100134793 | OPTICAL EVALUATION METHOD BY MEANS OF LASER PULSES AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - An optical evaluation method and an apparatus for performing said method are described. First laser pulses of a first type and second laser pulses of a second type that differs from the first type are sent onto a sample to be examined. The sample is hit with first incident light from the two laser pulses in at least one manner of simultaneously, within a very short time lag between the two laser pulses, and a time-correlated manner of the two laser pulses, thereby generating a first optical signal, and hit with second incident light from the two laser pulses, thereby generating a second optical signal. The generated first and second optical signals are detected with at least one detector; and an electronic difference between the first and second optical signals is generated. | 06-03-2010 |
20100134867 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTER ELEMENT - An acousto-optical filter element ( | 06-03-2010 |
20100160613 | METHOD FOR HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION STOCHASTIC EXAMINATION OF A SAMPLE STRUCTURE LABELED WITH A SUBSTANCE - A method for high spatial resolution stochastic examination of a biological sample structure labeled with a labeling substance is described. The method comprises providing a biological sample structure; choosing such a labeling substance that has molecules present in a first state and in a second state, and the first and second states differ from one another in at least one photophysical property such that there is sufficient probability that one portion of the molecules of the substance will be in the first state and another portion of the molecules will be in the second state and within which labeling substance a change of the state of the molecules can occur spontaneously between the two states in both directions; and labeling the biological sample structure with the substance. | 06-24-2010 |
20100177375 | BEAM COMBINER AND A LIGHT SOURCE WITH SUCH A BEAM COMBINER - A beam combiner for combining at least two light beams ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100214654 | APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF LIGHT IN A SCANNING MICROSCOPE - A light detector for use in a line scanning microscope and a microscope comprising such a light detector are described. The light detector comprises—a line array of avalanche semiconductor detectors; and an electronic trigger circuit that is adapted to operate the avalanche semiconductor detectors in at least one of a Geiger mode with internal charge amplification and in a linear mode. The trigger circuit further comprises a parallel counter that is designed to read out in parallel light pulses detected by the avalanche semiconductor detectors. The parallel counter is adapted to accumulate the light pulses detected by the avalanche semiconductor detectors over a preset counting time. | 08-26-2010 |
20100232011 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ACOUSTO-OPTICAL COMPONENT - An apparatus for controlling an acousto-optical component influencing at least one of illumination light and detection light in a microscope is described. The apparatus comprises a radio-frequency generator for supplying the acousto-optical component with a radio frequency. The radio-frequency generator is configured to compensate deviations in the characteristics of the light due to temperature fluctuations in the acousto-optical component by adapting the radio frequency. The apparatus can be operated by generating a control signal for controlling the radio frequency of the radio-frequency generator; measuring the temperature of the acousto-optical component; adapting the control signal depending on the measured temperature; and sending the adapted control signal into the radio-frequency generator for compensating deviations in the characteristics of the light due to temperature fluctuations and can be used in optical coherence tomography, particularly white light interferometry, optical tweezers in lithography, and distance measurement. | 09-16-2010 |
20110279890 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING A SAMPLE IN A LASER MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a method and a device for illuminating or irradiating an object, a sample ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110304900 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL SYSTEM, MICROSCOPE AND METHOD OF USE OF THE ACOUSTO-OPTICAL SYSTEM - An acousto-optical system is described comprising at least one acousto-optical element having at least one transducer that is attached to a crystal, a driver unit for generating at least one acoustic signal for driving acousto-optical elements modifying light transmitted through the acousto-optical element and comprising at least one digital data processing unit, at least one digital-to-analog converter transforming the digital combination signal into an initial analog driver signal, and an amplifier for amplifying the initial analog driver signal to become said analog electronic driver signal. Further, a microscope and a method of operating the acousto-optical element is are described. Various objectives are achieved like more flexibility, real time compensation for non-linearity and reducing the number, size, costs and energy consumption of electronic components. | 12-15-2011 |
20120130670 | System and Method for Computer-Controlled Execution of at Least One Test in a Scanning Microscope - The invention relates to a method and a system for central computer controlled execution of at least one test run in a scanning microscope, particularly a confocal microscope, wherein at least one first software module of an application software is tested. The invention achieves the aim by a network made of individual scanning microscope clients and a central server. The clients can be contacted via a network interface and are administered in a central directory in the server. The application software for the individual components of a scanning microscope is made of individual software modules, each associated with a potential test. In order to be able to perform the various tests, the scanning microscope clients have been equipped on the hardware side with additional sensors and components that allow various operating parameters to be determined. | 05-24-2012 |
20120134007 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTER ELEMENT - An acousto-optical filter element ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120193513 | LASER SYSTEM FOR A MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LASER SYSTEM FOR A MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a laser system ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120320184 | Microscope and Method for Fluorescence Imaging Microscopy - A microscope for fluorescence imaging microscopy, in particular for wide-field fluorescence microscopy, including a pulsed light source ( | 12-20-2012 |
20130003172 | SCANNING MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY SCANNING ONE OR MORE SAMPLES - A device in the form of a scanning microscope, a device in the form of a structural unit for a microscope and a method and a device for optically scanning one or more samples. A device in the form of a scanning microscope has a light source ( | 01-03-2013 |
20130015331 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING LIGHTAANM Birk; HolgerAACI MeckesheimAACO DEAAGP Birk; Holger Meckesheim DEAANM Seyfried; VolkerAACI NusslochAACO DEAAGP Seyfried; Volker Nussloch DE - A device for detecting light includes at least one silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) having an array of a plurality of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), the array being larger in area than an incident light. The device is configured so as to at least one of activate and analyze only the SPADs upon which a specific minimum intensity of light impinges. | 01-17-2013 |
20130034913 | Method for Investigating a Specimen Containing Fluorescing Dyes with the Aid of a Microscope - In order to investigate a specimen ( | 02-07-2013 |
20130044370 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCANNING AN OBJECT AND A MICROSCOPE - The invention relates to a device for scanning an object comprising a focusing lens system ( | 02-21-2013 |
20130222568 | Method and Device for Light-Microscopic Imaging of a Sample Structure - A method for light-microscopy imaging of a sample structure ( | 08-29-2013 |
20130306398 | Apparatus for Damping Sound in the Optical Beam Path of a Microscope, and Microscope Having a Corresponding Apparatus - An apparatus for damping sound in the optical beam path of a microscope, having an acoustic insulation housing for encapsulating a sound-emitting component, preferably a rapidly moving or oscillating beam deflection means, in particular a resonantly oscillating mirror, the housing comprising at least one optical entrance/exit opening, is characterized in that the housing, preferably the opening of the housing, is embodied and/or configured in such a way that the sound otherwise emerging from the housing is largely extinguished by destructive interference without thereby influencing the optical beam. A microscope having a corresponding apparatus is furthermore claimed. | 11-21-2013 |
20140168753 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ACOUSTO-OPTICAL COMPONENT - An apparatus for controlling an acousto-optical component influencing at least one of illumination light and detection light in a microscope is described. The apparatus comprises a radio-frequency generator for supplying the acousto-optical component with a radio frequency. The radio-frequency generator is configured to compensate deviations in the characteristics of the light due to temperature fluctuations in the acousto-optical component by adapting the radio frequency. The apparatus can be operated by generating a control signal for controlling the radio frequency of the radio-frequency generator; measuring the temperature of the acousto-optical component; adapting the control signal depending on the measured temperature; and sending the adapted control signal into the radio-frequency generator for compensating deviations in the characteristics of the light due to temperature fluctuations and can be used in optical coherence tomography, particularly white light interferometry, optical tweezers in lithography, and distance measurement. | 06-19-2014 |
20140218783 | ACOUSTO-OPTICAL TUNABLE FILTER ELEMENT - An acousto-optical filter element ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140306098 | DETECTOR APPARATUS - A detector apparatus that is embodied to receive light and to generate electrical signals has a housing and a detector arranged in the housing. The detector includes a light sensor that is embodied to receive light and to release electrons. The light sensor is at a lower electrical potential level than the housing; and that the detector is in thermally conductive contact with the housing via an electrically insulating intermediate arrangement, the thermal conduction direction inside the housing being opposite to the light propagation direction of the light to be detected. | 10-16-2014 |