Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for optically detecting at least one entity arranged on a substrate (60). The at least one entity is scanned with a measuring volume (70) using at least one radiation source (10) and at least one set of confocal optics (32) or using a set of optics (32) configured for multi-photon excitation. Said entity essentially maintains the same position with regard to the substrate (60) and/or the support (61) for the duration of the recording of the measured values. An auxiliary focus (71) is generated before and/or during the scanning process while using at least one radiation source (11) and at least one set of optics (34). Said auxiliary focus lies at least partially on the contact surface (62) between the substrate (60) and the adjacent component or on another contact surface (62) located in a defined spatial relationship with regard to the entity. A retroreflection from the auxiliary focus (71) is detected in a confocal manner by at least one detector (21), is used for measuring the position of the contact surface (62) and is thus used for indirectly positioning the measuring volume (70). According to the inventive method, the position of the auxiliary focus (71) in relation to the measuring volume (70) can be adjusted in a defined manner.
Abstract:
A fluorescence imaging system includes a light source, preferably a pulsated laser (1), which irradiates an object, optionally via further optical components (2, 3, 5), so as to induce fluorescence radiation in the object. This radiation images the object on a detector plane (11). In accordance with the invention there is provided a beam-splitting system (6), such that the fluorescent object is reproduced in the form of at least three, and preferably four separate and mutually adjacent images. A selected filter is placed in each of the paths of these partial light beams. The detector plane has a plurality of image-point detectors each of which produces a respective electric signal, so that there is obtained for each image point at least three, and preferably four intensity signals recorded for a respective frequency band determined by respective filters. These signals are processed mathematically to provide a weighted signal value, which may be dimensionless. These weighted image-point values are reproduced, for example on a video-monitor (13), which makes possible fluorescence reproduction rich in contrast and free from disturbances with respect to spectral signatures. One example of the use to which the invention can be put is the detection of cancer cells to which a fluorescence signature has been imparted with the aid of HPD.
Abstract:
A double membrane microspectrometer is provided that includes a first membrane having a first and second doped semiconductor layers, and a first intrinsic layer is disposed between the first and second layers, where the first intrinsic layer includes an optically absorbing material, a first pattern of through holes are disposed perpendicular through the first membrane having lateral support arms, a second membrane having a third doped layer and a fourth layer is an intrinsic layer or a doped layer, where the second membrane includes a second pattern of through holes, where the first membrane is separated from the second membrane by an insulating bridge layer and is supported above the second membrane by lateral support arms, where an absorption spectrum of the absorbing material is dependent on the separation distance of the membranes, electrodes are disposed on the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer operate the separation.
Abstract:
Methods are provided to identify spatially and spectrally multiplexed probes in a biological environment. Such probes are identified by the ordering and color of fluorophores of the probes. The devices and methods provided facilitate determination of the locations and colors of such fluorophores, such that a probe can be identified. In some embodiments, probes are identified by applying light from a target environment to a spatial light modulator that can be used to control the direction and magnitude of chromatic dispersion of the detected light; multiple images of the target, corresponding to multiple different spatial light modulator settings, can be deconvolved and used to determine the colors and locations of fluorophores. In some embodiments, light from a region of the target can be simultaneously imaged spatially and spectrally. Correlations between the spatial and spectral images over time can be used to determine the color of fluorophores in the target.
Abstract:
The bandwidth selection mechanism includes a first actuator mounted on a second face of a dispersive optical element, the second face being opposite from a reflective face, the first actuator having a first end coupled to a first end block and a second end coupled to a second end block, the first actuator being operative to apply equal and opposite forces to the first end block and the second end block to bend the body of the dispersive optical element along the longitudinal axis of the body and in a first direction normal to the reflective face of the dispersive optical element. The bandwidth selection mechanism also includes a second actuator being operative to apply equal and opposite forces to bend the body along the longitudinal axis of the body, in a second direction perpendicular to the reflective face of the dispersive optical element.
Abstract:
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a user device comprising: a camera adapted to acquire at least one image of a scenery which falls within a field of view of the camera, a spectrometer module adapted to acquire spectral information from a region within the scenery which region falls within a field of view of the spectrometer module, and a processing unit adapted to determine based on information relating the field of view of the spectrometer module to the field of view of the camera, a spectrometer module target area, within said at least one image, corresponding to the region and to output display data to a screen of the user device for providing an indication of the target area on the display.
Abstract:
A wavelength tunable filter (200) selectively transmitting light of any desired wavelength within the range of 450 nm to 1100 nm without using a band pass filter is disclosed. The wavelength tunable filter (200) comprises a plurality of polarizers (101a to 101f) and a plurality of units between the adjacent polarizers (101 a to 101f) on a common optical axis (111) in a housing (201). Each unit has, in order from light incident side, a quartz birefringent plate (102), an ultra-wide band 1/4 waveplate (103) and an ultra-wide band 1/2 waveplate (104). The ultra-wide band 1/2 waveplate (104) is accommodated in a cylindrical rotatable body (303; 403; 503) and it is rotated by a rotating mechanism.