Abstract:
The present invention relates to a spectroscopy device, comprising an analysis zone (2) for receiving a sample; at least one light-emitting diode (3) arranged to emit a light beam (4)towards the analysis zone (2), having a luminous intensity spectral profile in a working wavelength interval; means (5) for varying with time the luminous intensity spectral profile emitted by said diode (3) in the working wavelength interval of said diode; a detector (6, 8, 9), arranged to receive, during a variation with time of the luminous intensity spectral profile emitted by said diode (3), the light beam (4) emitted by said diode (3) and having crossed the analysis zone (2), and supplying a detection signal (Α') of the light beam emitted by said diode (3) and received by the detector, in the form of a signal which depends on at least one characteristic representative of the luminous intensity spectral profile of said light-emitting diode. Application to derivative spectroscopy
Abstract:
There is provided a method for analyzing optical properties of an object, including utilizing a light illumination having a plurality of amplitudes, phases and polarizations of a plurality of wavelengths impinging from the object, obtaining modified illuminations corresponding to the light illumination, applying a modification to the light illumination thereby obtaining a modified light illumination, analyzing the modified light illumination, obtaining a plurality of amplitudes, phases and polarizations maps of the plurality of wavelengths, and employing the plurality of amplitudes, phases and polarizations maps for obtaining output representing the object's optical properties. An apparatus for analyzing optical properties of an object is also provided.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a spectrometer (100) for analysing the spectrum of an upstream light beam (1), comprising an entrance slit (101) and collimating means (110) suitable for generating, from the upstream light beam, a collimated light beam (10), characterised in that it also comprises: a polarisation-dependent diffraction grating (120) suitable for diffracting, at each wavelength (11, 12) of the spectrum of the upstream light beam, the collimated light beam into a first diffracted light beam (11, 12) and a second diffracted light beam (21, 22); optical recombining means (130) comprising a planar optical reflecting surface (130) perpendicular to the grating and suitable for deviating at least the second diffracted light beam; and focusing means (140) suitable for focusing, at each wavelength, the first diffracted light beam and the second diffracted light beam onto one and the same focusing area (141).
Abstract:
Various embodiments of apparatuses, systems and methods are described herein for a spectrometer comprising at least two dispersive elements configured to receive at least one input optical signal and generate two or more pluralities of spatially separated spectral components, at least a portion of the at least two dispersive elements being implemented on a first substrate; and a single detector array coupled to the at least two dispersive elements and configured to receive and measure two or more pluralities of narrowband optical signals derived from the two or more pluralities of spatially separated spectral components, respectively.
Abstract:
An object identification device includes an image capturing device to capture images polarized in different directions for an object; a noise removal unit to remove noise in the polarized images using a noise removing parameter; an index value computing unit to compute an object identification index value for identification-processing areas in the polarized images using noise removed polarized images data; an object identification processing unit that conducts an object identification by determining identification processing areas corresponding to an identification target object based on the object identification index value; an environment information obtaining unit to obtain environment information of the object; an environmental condition determination unit to determine an environmental condition of the object based on the environment information; and a parameter storage unit to store noise removing parameters prepared for mutually exclusive environmental conditions. The noise removal unit reads a noise removing parameter from the parameter storage unit to conduct a noise removing.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for identifying images of a scene (1), comprising a step of illuminating the scene by a beam of N wavelengths, polarised in a determined direction, N being a whole number higher than, or equal to, 3. Said method comprises the following steps: simultaneous acquisition, for each wavelength, of an image polarised in said direction, that is N images (11) marked X // (λi) with i varying from 1 to N, and of an image polarised in a direction perpendicular to said direction, that is N images (12) marked X ⊥ (λi), said images X ⊥ (λ) being spatially separate from the images X // (λi); calculation, for each wavelength, of an intensity image that is a linear combination of X // (λi) and X ⊥ (λi), an intensity spectrum corresponding therefore to said N intensity images for each pixel; calculation, for each wavelength, of a polarisation contrast image from an intensity ratio calculated according to X // (λi) and X⊥(λi), a polarisation contrast spectrum therefore corresponding to said N polarisation contrast images for each pixel; and calculation of an image of the scene, called a spectropolarimetric contrast image, and marked CSP image, each pixel of said image being obtained from the intensity spectrum and the contrast spectrum of the pixel in question.