Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light polarization analyzer
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Application No.: US15311311Application Date: 2015-05-08
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Publication No.: US09719927B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Akihide Hibara , Manabu Tokeshi , Osamu Wakao
- Applicant: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY , NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
- Applicant Address: JP Sendai-Shi, Miyagi JP Sapporo-Shi, Hokkaido
- Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY,NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: TOHOKU UNIVERSITY,NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: JP Sendai-Shi, Miyagi JP Sapporo-Shi, Hokkaido
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2014-102446 20140516
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/063282 WO 20150508
- International Announcement: WO2015/174332 WO 20151119
- Main IPC: G01N21/64
- IPC: G01N21/64 ; G02F1/13 ; G01N33/542

Abstract:
An excitation light source emits excitation light to a target sample. An image sensor includes pixels arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally, and receives measurement light from the sample according to the excitation light. A polarization selector arranged between the sample and image sensor includes pixels arranged one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally. Each pixel receives a corresponding portion of the measurement light, selects light having a polarization direction that corresponds to a driving signal applied to the pixels, and supplies this light to the image sensor. A measurement control unit supplies the cyclic driving signal having a first period T1, and acquires data I1, I2, I3, and I4 from each pixel of the image sensor for each exposure time segment T2=T1/4 obtained by dividing the first period T1 by 4.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170074796A1 LIGHT POLARIZATION ANALYZER Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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