Abstract:
An optical demultiplexer comprises an optical fiber, a single collimator lens, a diffraction grating, and a photodetector array including photodetectors, wherein the output light from the optical fiber is demultiplexed through the collimator lens and the diffraction grating and focused on the photodetectors to form a light spot distorted because of the aberration of the optical system of the optical demultiplexer, and the photodetector array receives the substantially whole light spot. The photodetector array can be a linear array where photodetectors are linearly arranged or a matrix array where photodetectors are arranged in a matrix.
Abstract:
The invention features an optical medium for calibrating UV absorbance detectors, methods for making such an optical medium, and methods for calibrating UV absorbance detectors using such a medium. The optical calibration medium includes a gel-sol silicia glass monolith with a rare-earth dopant therein. The rare-earth dopant exhibits at least one spectral feature in at least the far UV range. The constituents of the gel-sol silicia glass monolith are selected so the rare-earth doped sol-gel glass monolith exhibits a transmittance in the far UV range so each distinct spectral feature of the rare-earth dopant in the far UV range is discernable.
Abstract:
A biocompatible monomer composition includes: (A) at least one monomer, which forms a medically acceptable polymer; (B) at least one plasticizing agent present in the composition in an amount of from 0.5 wt.% to 15 wt.% of the composition; and (C) at least one acidic stabilizing agent having a pKa ionization constant of from about 1 to about 7. The composition can be applied to a variety of materials and is particularly suitable as in vivo tissue adhesive. A method of joining together in vivo two surfaces, e.g., body tissues, includes (a) holding damaged tissue edges together to form abutted tissue surfaces; (b) applying to the abutted tissue surfaces an excessive amount of a composition containing 1) at least one monomer, which forms a medically acceptable biodegradable polymer, 2) at least one plasticizing agent; and 3) at least one acidic stabilizing agent; and (c) maintaining the surfaces in contact until the composition polymerizes to form a thick film of polymerized composition bridging the abutted tissue surfaces.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft ein Spektrometer (100) mit einem optischen Filter (102) zum Herausfiltern eineszu analysierenden Wellenlängenbereichsaus einer elektromagnetischen Strahlungund einem Detektor (104) mit zumindest einem winkelsensitiven Pixel (106), insbesondere mehreren winkelsensitiven Pixel (106) zum Detektieren einer Intensität einer vom optischen Filter (102) durchgelassenen Transmissionsstrahlung abhängig von einem Einfallswinkel der Transmissionsstrahlung.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a digital spectroscopic and holographic microscope and a method thereof. The digital spectroscopic and holographic microscope (100) includes a light source(s) (102) for illuminating a sample (104), and an optical element (106) for collecting a beam of light (134) downstream the sample (104). Furthermore, the microscope (100) includes a beam shearer (110) for generating an interference pattern from the portion of the beam of light (134) reflected from the beam shearer (110). Also, the microscope (100) includes a first sensor (112) for capturing the interference pattern in the form of a digital hologram. Moreover, the microscope (100) includes an optical means (116) for generating spectral signatures associated with the sample (104) from the remaining portion (121) of the beam of light (134) refracted from the beam shearer (110), and a second sensor (132) for capturing the spectral signatures associated with the sample (104).
Abstract:
The present invention provides a spectrometer, comprising: an inlet for the receipt of incident light; an optical path for transmitting the incident light from the inlet to an analysis plane; a focusing element located along the optical path, wherein the spectrometer has an in-focus position in which a focal point of the spectrometer and the analysis plane coincide; and a controller adapted in use, when a removable light disperser is placed along the optical path, to cause the spectrometer to be in the in- focus position by controlling the position of the focusing element relative to the analysis plane. The spectrometer is used in the analysis of light from a light source and, due to the ability of the controller to manage the focus point by way of moving the focusing element, the spectrometer is able to bring itself into an in-focus configuration without the need for a user to intervene.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a spectrometer, comprising: an inlet for the receipt of incident light; an optical path for transmitting the incident light from the inlet to an analysis plane; a focusing element located along the optical path, wherein the spectrometer has an in-focus position in which a focal point of the spectrometer and the analysis plane coincide; and a controller adapted in use, when a removable light disperser is placed along the optical path, to cause the spectrometer to be in the in- focus position by controlling the position of the focusing element relative to the analysis plane. The spectrometer is used in the analysis of light from a light source and, due to the ability of the controller to manage the focus point by way of moving the focusing element, the spectrometer is able to bring itself into an in-focus configuration without the need for a user to intervene.
Abstract:
An apparatus for optical spectrometry utilizes a simplified construction, reducing the number of independent optical elements needed while providing a sizeable dispersed spectrum. The apparatus provides a spectral intensity distribution of an input source wherein individual spectral components in the source can be measured and, in some embodiments, can be manipulated or filtered.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a wavelength-tunable spectrometer for achieving optimum efficiency for the wavelength of applied light even without replacing a diffracting grating or operating an observation part, and to a wavelength tuning method thereof. To this end, a transmission-type diffracting plate is arranged to be rotatable to provide an incident light for achieving optimum efficiency for the light wavelength of an external source to be observed, and a mirror is arranged to provide light in the same output path irrespective of the rotation of the diffracting plate and the wavelength variation of the incident light, the diffraction angle of which might otherwise vary in accordance with the rotation of the transmission-type diffracting plate and the incident light wavelength. Whereby, the present invention acquires a spectrum of incident light at optimum diffraction efficiency according to the wavelength of the incident light even without moving a camera for observation or replacing a diffracting plate, thus reducing the size of the spectrometer, the cost thereof, and the possibility of the spectrometer breaking down.