MICROSCOPE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A MICROSCOPE

A microscope (2) includes: a collimated light source (20), emitting a substantially collimated excitation light beam; a rotatable microlens disk (22), comprising a plurality of microlenses (24), with each of the plurality of microlenses (24) focusing a portion of the substantially collimated excitation light beam towards a respective microlens focal point (60); a beam-forming lens system (30) and a microscope objective (34), with the beam-forming lens system (30) and the microscope objective (34) jointly focusing a respective portion of the substantially collimated excitation light beam, travelling through a respective microlens focal point (60), at a respective sample illumination point (66); and a light barrier element (36), arranged within the beam-forming lens system (30) or arranged between the beam-forming lens system (30) and the microscope objective (34), the light barrier element (36) being positioned at a lens system focal point (62, 64), where light of the substantially collimated excitation light beam that passes the rotatable microlens disk (22) in between the plurality of microlenses (24) is focussed.