Abstract:
In order to obtain a clear final image by preventing scratches, foreign objects, defects, or the like of an optical device from becoming superimposed on an intermediate image even when the intermediate image is formed at a position that overlaps with the optical device, this imaging optical system has a plurality of imaging lenses that form a final image and at least one intermediate image; a first phase-modulating element disposed closer to an object than any one of the intermediate images, for imparting a spatial disturbance to a wavefront of light coming from the object; and a second phase-modulating element integrated with at least one optical element of the imaging lens, wherein the second phase-modulating element cancels the spatial disturbance imparted to the wavefront of the light coming from the object by the first phase-modulating element.
Abstract:
An image-forming optical system includes a plurality of image-forming lenses that form a final image and at least one intermediate image; a first phase modulator that is disposed closer to an object side than any one of the intermediate images formed by the image-forming lenses and that applies a spatial disturbance to a wavefront of light coming from the object; and a second phase modulator that is disposed at a position that sandwiches at least one of the intermediate images with the first phase modulator and that cancels out the spatial disturbance applied to the wavefront of the light coming from the object by the first phase modulator.
Abstract:
A high-resolution fluorescence image in which an afterimage is suppressed is obtained, even when a fluorescence detection interval is shortened. Provided is a scanning observation apparatus including a scanning unit that spatially scans pulsed excitation light emitted from a light source at prescribed time intervals on a specimen; a fluorescence detecting unit that detects fluorescence generated by exciting a fluorescent substance inside the specimen with the excitation light scanned by the scanning unit, in synchronization with the emission of the excitation light; and a fluorescence correcting unit that subtracts, from a fluorescence intensity detected by the fluorescence detecting unit, an afterimage fluorescence component calculated on the basis of time-sequential fluorescence detected by the fluorescence detecting unit prior thereto, at each scanning position, to correct the fluorescence intensity at the scanning position.