Abstract

A scanning laser microscope for biological research is described, in which an acoustooptical deflector is used to observe the specimens in real time. High-contrast clear images of nondyed bacilli are obtained. A minute structure of a human chromosome which is hardly recognizable with a conventional optical microscope is clearly obtained.

© 1986 Optical Society of America

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