Abstract:
A light source for near-infrared transmission and reflection spectroscopy can be constructed from a combination of a high power blue or blue-green light emitting diode (LED) and a phosphor element based on an inorganic material. The phosphor element absorbs the LED light and, in response to the LED excitation, emits luminescence that continuously covers the 700-1050 nm range. One possible material that can be used for such a near-infrared emitting phosphor element is a single crystal rod of Ti+3 doped Sapphire. An alternative near-infrared emitting phosphor material is a disk or rectangular shaped composite of Ti+3 doped Sapphire powder embedded in a clear optical epoxy or silicone encapsulant. Such a combination of a blue LED for excitation of a phosphor element that emits in a broad wavelength band has been widely used in white LEDs where the emission is in the 400-700 nm range.
Abstract:
A liquid sample analyzer includes a liquid sample source, a flow cell, an optical device and a plurality of optical fibers. The flow cell is configured to receive a flow of a liquid sample from the liquid sample source. The plurality of optical fibers optically connect the flow cell to the optical device to transmit light between the flow cell and the optical device.
Abstract:
A spectrometer includes a light source to project a light beam to a target object, an optical element including a plurality of apertures through which the light beam reflected by the target object transmits, a diffraction element to form diffracted images from a plurality of light beams having transmitted through the optical element, and a light receiving element to receive the diffracted images formed by the diffraction element and including an optical shield to block a diffracted image other than a certain-order diffracted image.
Abstract:
An optical device is provided that includes a converging lens device, a transmitting optical fiber, a sample holder, and a receiving optical fiber. The converging lens device focuses light onto the transmitting optical fiber, which receives the focused light through an entrance face and transmits the light from an exit face, through a sample, and onto the receiving optical fiber. The sample holder holds the sample for analysis. The receiving optical fiber receives the light through an entrance face of the receiving optical fiber after transmission through the sample. The converging lens device is positioned to focus the light onto the entrance face of the transmitting optical fiber such that a half-angle of the angular distribution of the focused light that reaches the entrance face of the transmitting optical fiber is selected to underfill an entrance aperture of the entrance face of the receiving optical fiber in both a spatial dimension and an angular dimension.
Abstract:
In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a module assembly and a main assembly. The module assembly includes a module assembly housing, a first face plate and an analysis unit attached to the first face. The main assembly includes a main assembly housing, a second face plate and an engine unit rigidly attached to the second face plate. The engine unit generates a light that passes to the analysis unit via a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly. The first lens assembly is attached to the first face plate and the second lens assembly is attached to the second face plate. The module assembly when attached to the main assembly causes the first and second face plates to act as a single mechanical unit that moves independent of movement of the module assembly housing and/or the main assembly housing.
Abstract:
Certain examples described herein are directed to optical devices and systems that include first and second optical elements. In some examples, the first optical element may be configured to pass light received from an excitation source, and the second optical element may be optically coupled to the first optical element and may be configured to reflect incident light from the first optical element back to the first optical element and configured to pass the light reflected from the first optical element. Methods using the devices and systems are also described.
Abstract:
A spectral colorimetric apparatus for detecting a color of an image of a test subject illuminated includes a stop; a spectral detection optical system for spectrally detecting a beam diffused in the test subject and passing through the stop; and a guiding optical system for guiding, toward the stop, the beam diffused in the test subject, wherein in a first section which is a section including an optical axis of the guiding optical system, condensing positions of the light beam condensed by the guiding optical system change depending on a position in a direction orthogonal to the first section, and the stop is disposed between condensing positions closest to and farthest from the guiding optical system, of condensing positions, in the first section, of the beam condensed by the guiding optical system, in a direction of the optical axis of the guiding optical system.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for measuring fluorescent radiation emitted by biological substances, comprising a light source (18), a capturing unit (20), an evaluation unit (28) that is coupled to the capturing unit (20), at least one emission fibre (14) that is coupled to the light source (18), and at least one detection fibre (16) that is coupled to the capturing unit (20). Said emission fibre (14) guides excitation radiation to the biological substrate and the detection fibre (16) receives fluorescent radiation excited on the biological substance and guides it to the evaluation unit (28). According to the invention, the capturing unit (20) comprises a semi-conductor sensor arrangement (62) in which at least three sensors that are arranged inside a surface and that detect fluorescent radiation emitted by the biological substance in wave length areas that are separate from each other, are arranged. Data sets of at least two different reference measurements on at least two different biological substances are stored in the evaluation unit (28) that compares the measured measurement values to the stored data sets and issues a result relating to the pathological attacks of the examined biological substances and/or relating to the type of examined, biological substances.
Abstract:
A spectrophotometer has a first photodetector (24) and a second photodetector (25) which is displaced spatially from the first photodetector in the direction of increasing wavelength in the spectrum. At any given time the second photodetector receives light at a wavelength which is substantially greater than that being received simultaneously by the first photodetector at that time. The first photodetector has a first range of wavelengths over which it is operable and a first upper operating limit, and the second photodetector has a second range of wavelengths over which it is operable and a second upper operating limit, the second range overlapping the first range and the second upper operating limit being greater than the first upper operating limit. Thus the range of operation is extended, and data in two different ranges is processed simultaneously. The spectrophotometer comprises a housing (1) containing a light source (11), a monochromator (15, 16, 18) and the photodetectors, there being a fibre optic connected to a probe (2) for transmitting light from the light source to a sample to be analysed and receiving light from the sample. Optical components are mounted to a chassis (26) of the housing rigidly, the chassis being connected to the housing by shock absorbing mounts (28, 29). The light source is mounted to the housing by means of an adjuster (24) providing for adjustment laterally with respect to the optical axis of the light source.