Abstract:
A carbon isotope analyzer 1 includes a carbon dioxide isotope generator 40 that includes a combustion unit that generates gas containing carbon dioxide isotope from carbon isotope, and a carbon dioxide isotope purifying unit; a spectrometer 10 including an optical resonator 11 having a pair of mirrors 12, and a photodetector 15 that determines the intensity of light transmitted from the optical resonator 11; and a light generator 20 including a light source 23, a first optical fiber 21 to transmit a light beam from the light source 23, a second optical fiber 22 for wavelength conversion, the second optical fiber 22 splitting from the first optical fiber 21 at a point and combining with the first optical fiber 21 at another point downstream of the splitting point, and a non-linear optical crystal 25 that generates light having the absorption wavelength of the carbon dioxide isotope on the basis of the difference in frequency between light beams transmitted through the optical crystal 25. The carbon isotope analyzer 1 is a simple and convenient apparatus that can analyze isotope 14 C.
Abstract:
A system (200) and method (800) for determining whether a sample object (203) has a color that is within a predetermined range is provided. The system (200) includes a light source (201) capable of projecting lights having different light wavelength spectrum upon the sample object (203). A controller (222) causes the light source (201) to project a first light wavelength spectrum upon the sample object (203), then another, then another, and so forth. While each light is projecting upon the object, a monochromatic image capture device (202) captures an image having luminous intensity information. The luminous intensity information, or a subset thereof selected by an image selection tool (232) is then compared to the statistical range, which is derived from a plurality of images taken of a reference object (403).
Abstract:
A linearizing correction unit (104) carries out a linearizing correction process on the output of an image sensor (8) based upon linearizing correction data stored in a linearizing correction data holding unit (102), and a light-irregularity correction unit (108) carries out a light-irregularity correction process on the image sensor output that has been subjected to the linearizing correction process based upon light-irregularity correction data stored in a light-irregularity correction data holding unit (106). A refection factor calculation unit (110) calculates an integral value of the in-plane reflection factor of a test piece by using the output that has been subjected to the linearizing correction and light-irregularity correction with respect to pixel outputs of the image sensor (8) obtained when the test piece having in-plane density irregularities is measured. A quantifying unit (114) applies calibration curve data of a calibration-curve-data holding unit (112) to the integrated reflection factor obtained by the reflection factor calculation unit so that a sample density of the test piece is calculated.