An artist’s impression of the multimodal microscope system with its various light paths. Green light path-backward detected fluorescence, violet light path-epifluorescene and confocal excitation, blue light path-forward propagating SHG signal, red light path-NIR excitation, PC-computer, C1-confocal microscope control box, P1-PMT module 1, A-filter turret A, B-filter turret B, BP-back port, and FC-filter cube.