摘要:
The present invention provides an optical detection apparatus and an optical detection method for measuring at a high resolution an image in the wavelength range of from the infrared region to the gamma-ray region. The optical detection apparatus has a photoelectric conversion medium, which makes a change in electric property according to incidence of image in the wavelength range of from the infrared region to the gamma-ray region, a probe arranged in contact with the photoelectric conversion medium, and an urging mechanism for urging the probe against the photoelectric conversion medium to make the probe contact at a predetermined urging force with the medium. Further, the apparatus is so arranged that the urging mechanism keeps the probe in contact with the photoelectric conversion medium, a scanning device makes the probe relatively scan the photoelectric conversion medium in the contact state, a detector detects through the probe the change in electric property caused in the photoelectric conversion medium, and an information processor forms distribution information corresponding to the image in the wavelength range by making a correspondence between the change in electric property thus detected and the relative scan positions between the probe and the photoelectric conversion medium.