Abstract: A multi-planar image creation device containing a laser light source mounted on a holder sliding in two perpendicular directions, an optical element combining imaged light and the laser light, an active GRIN plate, i.e. a device where a refractive index gradient can be formed dynamically by heat deposited with the laser light, a laser-impermeable filter; the active GRIN plate is mounted in such a way that the laser beam falls on it perpendicularly and behind the active GRIN plate is a filter absorbing the light of the laser beam through the optical element. The laser beam forms an active GRIN lens with a diameter smaller than the aperture of the optical system. Therefore, effectively a variable bifocal lens is created which can be used to image multiple planes in the sample simultaneously.