Abstract:
A double beam interferometer using the refractive scanning method is disclosed which includes a first fixed optical body having a pair of parallel principal surfaces, a second fixed optical body having a pair principal surfaces, one of which faces and is parallel to one principal surface of the first fixed optical body, and the other of which makes a predetermined angle with the one principal surface of the second fixed optical body, a movable optical body having a pair of principal surfaces, one of which faces and is parallel to the other principal surface of the second fixed optical body, and the other of which makes the predetermined angle with the one principal surface of the movable optical body in such a manner that the predetermined angle of the second fixed optical body and the predetermined angle of the movable optical body are formed on opposite sides, driving means for moving the movable optical body on a plane containing the one principal surface of the movable optical body, a semitransparent mirror provided on one of facing principal surfaces of the first and second fixed optical bodies for dividing light from a light source into transmitted light and reflected light, and first and second reflecting mirrors for reflecting the transmitted light and reflected light in a direction opposite to an incident direction, respectively.
Abstract:
An interferometer is disclosed, preferably of the Michelson type, in which the reflectors associated with the interferometer arms are stationary, and scanning is accomplished by motion of a wedge-shaped refractive element in one of the arms, the orientation of the refractive element and its direction of motion being in specific mathematically derived directions which minimize the translatory displacement of the transmitted optical beam.
Abstract:
A polarization interference correlation spectrometer comprising a first polarizer for polarizing a sample beam, a Soleil compensator for producing an appropriate optical path difference between the paths of the two orthogonal polarization components of the sample beam polarized by said first polarizer, a second polarizer for synthesizing the two orthogonal polarization components accompanied with said optical path difference and generating interference, and a photoelectric transducer for deriving said interference as a modulated electric signal.
Abstract:
Systems and methods according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure can be provided that can efficiently detect the amplitude and phase of a spectral modulation. Such exemplary scheme can be combined with self-interference fluorescence to facilitate a highly sensitive depth localization of self-interfering radiation generated within a sample. The exemplary system and method can facilitate a scan-free depth sensitivity within the focal depth range for microscopy, endoscopy and nanoscopy.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Polarisationsinterferometer, insbesondere mit einem Kollimator zur Erzeugung eines parallelen polychromen Lichtstrahls und einem ersten polarisierenden Element, welches den parallelen Lichtstrahl polarisiert, einem doppelbrechenden Element mit mindestens zwei planparallelen Seitenflächen, welche senkrecht zum parallelen, polarisierten Lichtstrahl stehen und einem zweiten polarisierenden Element, welches das aus dem doppelbrechenden Element austretende Licht polarisiert und einem Photonendetektor zuführt, wobei das doppelbrechende Element aus zwei, längs entgegengesetzter Seitenflächen gegeneinander verschiebbar angeordneten, sich zu einem Quader ergänzenden, optischen Keilen und einer als Kompensator dienenden doppelbrechenden planparallelen Platte besteht, die optische Achse des Kompensators gegenüber derjenigen der beiden Keile in der Ebene senkrecht zum Lichtstrahl um einen endlichen Winkel verdreht ist, die optischen Achsen der beiden Keile übereinstimmen und wobei die optischen Achsen der Polarisatoren senkrecht oder parallel zueinander stehen und nicht parallel zu den Achsen der beiden Keile des doppelbrechenden Elementes ausgerichtet sind, wobei im Strahlengang hinter dem zweiten Polarisator und dem zur Auswertung des Interferogramms vorgesehenen Photonendetektors ein Strahlteiler angeordnet ist, wobei vorzugsweise das zweite polarisierende Element als Polarisationsstrahlteiler ausgebildet ist, dem zur Messung der optischen Weglängenänderung ein Filter, vorzugsweise ein Schmalbandinterferenzfilter, mit einem Detektor zugeordnet ist.
Abstract:
An interference spectrometer in which a wedge-shaped prism (32) is moved across one arm (22) of an interferometer for variation of the path difference, and where the beam splitter substrate (36) and prism (32) are optically compensated for by elements substantially identical to the substrate and prism (38, 40) in the other arm of the interferometer. In a first embodiment two refractive elements are in each arm of the interferometer (40, 36, 38, 32). In the preferred embodiment, only one prism is used in each arm, (46, 44) with the beam splitter surface (12) being located on a fixed prism (46), in one arm, adjacent a movable prism (44) in the other arm.
Abstract:
An interference spectrometer in which a wedge-shaped prism (32) is moved across one arm (22) of an interferometer for variation of the path difference, and where the beam splitter substrate (36) and prism (32) are optically compensated for by elements substantially identical to the substrate and prism (38, 40) in the other arm of the interferometer. In a first embodiment two refractive elements are in each arm of the interferometer (40, 36, 38, 32). In the preferred embodiment, only one prism is used in each arm, (46, 44) with the beam splitter surface (12) being located on a fixed prism (46), in one arm, adjacent a movable prism (44) in the other arm.