Abstract:
Un interféromètre à transformation de Fourier et à compensation d'auto-apodisation comprend au moins une paire de prismes mobiles (2 1 , 3 1 , 2 2 , 3 2 ) formant une lame dont l'épaisseur varie en même temps qu'une différence de longueur de chemin optique est elle-même variée. Les prismes sont déplacés à l'aide d'un système mobile à un seul degré de liberté, comprenant deux branches supports (10, 11) et au moins deux leviers (12, 13) articulés en rotation. L'interféromètre est adapté pour être installé à bord d'un satellite, pour analyser spectralement un rayonnement provenant de la surface de la Terre.
Abstract:
Method and device for optical inspection of a sample using spectral interferometry, wherein a beam (2'') emitted by a radiation source (1) is directed onto the sample (5) and a reference beam (2') is directed onto a reference sample (4), and the spectral interference of both beams after being reflected on the samples or after passing the samples is recorded by means of a spectrograph (6); the interferogram I (ω) thus obtained is numerically derived with respect to the angular frequency ω. For the function I ` (ω) thus obtained the zeros ω i are calculated numerically as solutions to the equation I ` (ω) = 0 and the frequency-dependent group delay τ (ω) is then calculated from the zeros ω i according to the equation τ (ω n ) = π / (ω i+1 -ω i ), wherein i = 1, 2... and ω n = (ω i+1 + ω i ) /2.
Abstract:
A Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer integrated in a CMOS technology on a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) wafer is disclosed. The present invention is fully integrated into a compact, miniaturized, low cost, CMOS fabrication compatible chip. The present invention may be operated in various infrared regions ranging from 1.1 mum to 15 mum or it can cover the full spectrum from 1.1 mum to 15 mum all at once. The CMOS-FTIR spectrometer disclosed herein has high spectral resolution, no movable parts, no lenses, is compact, not prone to damage in harsh external conditions and can be fabricated with a standard CMOS technology, allowing the mass production of FTIR spectrometers. The fully integrated CMOS-FTIR spectrometer is suitable for battery operation; any and all functionality can be integrated on a chip with standard CMOS technology. The disclosed invention for the FTIR spectrometer may also be adapted for a CMOS-Raman spectrometer.
Abstract:
A chromatic dispersion measurement device may include a light branching unit that divides a incident measured light signal into a first measured light signal and a second measured light signal and causes a frequency difference between the first measured light signal and the second measured light signal when the signals are output, an optical phase shifter provided in either one of the first branch path and the second branch path having a polarization maintaining characteristic and periodically changing a phase α i of the measured light signal, an optical combination unit that combines the first measured light signal and the second measured light signal and outputs an interference element of an i-th optical component obtained by interference of the first measured light signal and the second measured light signal when the phase difference is the phase α i , as a combined measured light signal, a light frequency sweep unit that performs sweep of a frequency in a frequency range for passing the combined measured light signal performs frequency decomposition to extract a spectral component in the frequency range and outputs the result of the frequency decomposition as a measured component light signal, a light detection unit that converts the measured component light signal as an interference signal, and a control unit that performs a process of sequentially acquiring the interference signal corresponding to the i-th optical component in synchronization with a change in a phase of the optical phase shifter.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes a transverse scanning optical system in the path of a first light beam traveling along a first optic axis; a wavefront correction system in the path of a second light beam traveling along a second optic axis, the wavefront correction system including a wavefront correction device having a spatial phase profile on its surface; a beam combiner that receives the first light beam and the second light beam and outputs an interference beam having a beat frequency equal to a difference frequency between the first light beam and second light beam; and a detection system placed relative to a random scattering medium, which is in the path of the interference beam. The detection system detects measurement light produced by the random scattering medium while the interference beam strikes the random scattering medium.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a field-compensated interferometer (1) including an optical assembly (2) for directing incident light beams (4) having a field angle θ relative to an optical axis of the interferometer (1), into arms (5, 6) of the interferometer, and a beam splitter (12), the arms (5, 6) including at least one mechanically movable optical device (15, 16) for generating a variable optical path difference between beams generated by the separation of each incident beam (4) using said beam splitter (12), said interferometer (1) being characterized in that it includes at least one field compensation optical element (E) arranged in one or the other of the image focal planes of the optical assembly (2), said image focal planes being combined relative to the beam splitter (12), said element (E) including at least one surface (9) that is curved so as to generate a path difference between the incident beams having a non-zero field angle and the incident beams having a zero field angle, the generated path difference making it possible to compensate for the self-apodization resulting from the field angle.
Abstract:
A method for detecting perturbation of a physical system from a reference state associated with a reference parameter (ω0) to a perturbed state associated with a perturbed parameter (ω) includes firstly deriving the reference parameter (ω0). A reference vector (F ) is then derived which describes the system's state at the reference parameter (ω0.)A measurement-related vector (Z) associated with a perturbed state of the system is then subtracted from the reference vector (F ) to provide an error vector (E). The error vector members are summed and normalised by division by a summation of elements of a vector (F’) representing a derivative (f'(ω0,δω)e) of a reference function (f(ω0,δω)e) itself represented by the reference vector (F), the derivative (f'(ω0,δω)e) being evaluated at the reference parameter (ω0). This provides a result equal to the difference ( ω - ω0 ) between the perturbed parameter (ω) and the reference parameter (ω0)