Abstract:
A trace species detection System for engine health monitoring, the system including a laser for generating a laser beam, and optics for focusing the laser beam into an exhaust plume of an engine for thereby creating a spark in the exhaust plume. The System further includes spectral analysis instrumentation for detecting light emissions from the spark, and statistical processing instrumentation for analyzing data from the spectral analysis instrumentation for thereby identifying and quantifying specific particles within a volume of the spark. The invention also provides a method of monitoring the health of an engine, the method including generating a laser beam, focusing the laser beam into an exhaust plume of the engine for thereby creating a spark in the exhaust plume, detecting light emissions from the spark, and analyzing data from the detection for thereby identifying and quantifying specific particles within a volume of the spark.
Abstract:
An analyzer suitable for performing continuous gas analysis in ultra-high purity applications. The analyser combines a low-level emission source and a gaseous emission spectrometer (10) having a charge coupled device (CCD) diode array as a detector. The CCD detector replaces one or more photomultipliers and narrow bandpass filters typically used in spectrometers. The analyser performs various processing operations to evaluate and eliminate the effect of background light level, or dark spectrum.
Abstract:
An optical spectrometer (1, 100, 200) has a collector (15) for collecting a reflected probe, and a separate collector (23) for collecting luminescence. In one spectrometer (200) the collimated luminescence and reflectance beams are routed through an optical subsystem (6), a monochromator (7), and further optical components (8). Thus reflectance (16), calibration (11), and luminescence (24) detectors receive inputs from the same optical subsystem (8). This arrangement allows calibration (spectral accuracy and even correction or repair), as well as modulation reflectance spectroscopy and luminescence spectroscopy to be simultaneously performed without the need for a filter such as a notch filter.
Abstract:
A fiber optic laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) sensor, including a laser light source, a harmonic separator for directing the laser light, a dichroic mirror for reflecting the laser light, a coupling lens for coupling the laser light at an input of a multimode optical fiber, a connector for coupling the laser light from an output of the multimode optical fiber to an input of a high temperature holder made of stainless steel, and a detector portion for receiving emission signal and analyzing LIBS intensities. In one variation, the multimode optical fiber has silica core and silica cladding. The holder includes optical lenses for collimating and focusing the laser light in a molten alloy to produce a plasma, and for collecting and transmitting an emission signal to the multimode optical fiber.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention provide novel methods and devices for sampling gas, exciting the sampled gas (105) to emit radiation and detecting (109) in real time from the emitted radiation a plurality of wave bands of an emission spectrum. Energy used to excite the sampled gas may be adjusted based on the detected wave bands. A process may be controlled in real time based on the detected wave bands. Novel interfaces (112) may be used to display portions of the detected wave bands. A known flow of a reference gas may be included in the flow of sampled gases and an unknown flow of an unknown flow gas determined.
Abstract:
According to the invention, an optical phased array (5) is coupled to a transmission medium (8) and is continuously tuned, e.g. by changing the temperature, so that the wavelengths of the signals can be determined by comparing the changes of the optical powers of the signals in the optical waveguides (60), which are located on the output side, with the filter curves of the phased array. Two optical waveguides of the same channel, which are located on the output side, are intercoupled at an angle that differs from zero (double gate) so that a reference wavelength for calibrating the phased array can be formed based on different transmission properties.
Abstract:
The invention generally relates to various aspects of a plasma process, and more specifically the monitoring of such plasma processes. One aspect relates in some manner to calibrating or initializing a plasma monitoring assembly (174). This type of calibration may be used to address wavelength shifts, intensity shifts, or both associated with optical emissions data obtained on a plasma process. A calibration light may be directed at a window (124) through which optical emissions data is being obtained to determine the effect, if any, that the inner surface of the window is having on the optical emissions data being obtained therethrough, the operation of the optical emissions data gathering device, or both. Another aspect relates in at least some manner to various types of evaluations which may be undertaken of a plasma process which was run, and more typically one which is currently being run, within the processing chamber (74).
Abstract:
실시예에서, 플라즈마소스는내부의제1 천공들을통해하나이상의플라즈마소스가스를이송하도록구성된제1 전극; 제1 전극의주변부주위에서제1 전극과접촉하여배치된절연체; 제2 전극 - 제2 전극은, 제1 전극, 제2 전극및 절연체가플라즈마발생공동을정의하도록제2 전극의주변부가절연체에맞닿은상태로배치됨 - 을포함한다. 제2 전극은플라즈마발생공동으로부터제2 전극을통해프로세스챔버를향하여플라즈마생성물들을이동시키도록구성된다. 플라즈마생성물들을생성하기위해플라즈마발생공동내에서하나이상의플라즈마소스가스로플라즈마를점화시키도록전력공급부가제1 전극및 제2 전극에걸쳐전기전력을제공한다. 제1 전극, 제2 전극및 절연체중 하나는플라즈마로부터의광학신호를제공하는포트를포함한다.