In a flow cytometer, an objective lens (20) focuses in a common plane (P) an input laser-beam having four different wavelengths. The objective (20) consists of three single-lenses (CL1, CL2, FFL), the two first ones (CL1, CL2) being cylindrical for shaping and reducing the size of the input laser-beam, the third one (FFL) being spherical to focus the reduced-size laser-beam in the common plane (P).