Abstract:
Optopair for use in sensors and analyzers of gases such as methane, and a fabrication method therefor is disclosed. It comprises: a) an LED, either cascaded or not, having at least one radiation emitting area, whose spectral maximum is de-tuned from the maximum absorption spectrum line of the gas absorption spectral band; and b) a Photodetector, whose responsivity spectral maximum can be either de-tuned from, or alternatively completely correspond to the maximum absorption spectrum line of the absorption spectral band of the gas. Modeling the LED emission and Photodetector responsivity spectra and minimizing the temperature sensitivity of the optopair based on the technical requirements of the optopair signal registration circuitry, once the spectral characteristics of the LED and Photodetector materials and the temperature dependencies of said spectral characteristics are determined, provides the LED de-tuned emission and Photodetector responsivity target peaks respectively.
Abstract:
A device (10) operable in a ultra-high vacuum and in a cryogenic environment. The device has bi-stable solenoid motors (18) configured to drive a shutter assembly (12) defining an aperture (15) having a first shape when the motors are each disposed in the respective first position, and wherein the aperture has a second shape when the motors are each disposed in the respective second position. Actuators (30) responsive to the motors are thermally isolated from the cryogenic shutter assembly except when the motors position the shutter assembly to change a shape of the aperture. The device is suitable for use in FLIR and other thermally sensitive devices.
Abstract:
A tunable spectrometer is described. A tunable spectrometer may include an optical filter, having a first reflector stack and a second reflector stack separated by a half-wave spacer, a heater, a heat-sink and a detector array. At least one of the first reflector stack, the second reflector stack, and the half-wave spacer is made from a thermo-optic material. The heater and the heat sink are separately in contact with at least one of the first reflector stack, the second reflector stack, and the half-wave spacer. The detector array is configured to collect an output from the optical filter. In various embodiments, the heat and the heat sink may be separated by an optically transparent thermal isolator.
Abstract:
A modular device (12) includes base (14) and color sensing (16) portions. The color sensing portion has a face, a controlled light source offset from the face to define an interior, the face configured to engage a target surface about a perimeter of the device housing wherein ambient light is restricted from entering. A color sensor receives light reflected from the target surface and generates output signals representative of a surface color. The base portion communicates with the color sensor and a user device (18) having a hosted program (20) which generates a user interface enabling users to provide control input for the color sensor and receives the output signals from the color sensing device and displays a first image of the detected color, and a second image of a user-selected color beside the first image. Color data values are displayed corresponding to the difference between displayed colors.
Abstract:
A liquid sample analyzer includes a flow cell, a light source, and a lamp temperature management system. The flow cell is configured to receive a flow of a liquid sample from a liquid sample source. The light source includes a lamp configured to emit light to illuminate the flow of the liquid sample in the flow cell. The lamp temperature management system includes: an air flow generator operable to generate a turbulent air flow to cool the lamp; a thermally conductive primary housing encapsulating the lamp such that a primary air gap is provided between the primary housing and the lamp; and a thermally conductive secondary housing surrounding the primary housing and configured to deflect the turbulent air flow away from the primary housing.
Abstract:
An apparatus can include ablation chamber body having a transmission window and defining an accommodation region configured to accommodate a target that is movable relative to the transmission window. An aerosol transmission conduit is configured to transport an aerosol produced within the accommodation region to a sample receiving region of an analysis system along a substantially straight transport path.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a spectrometer (1) for examining the substances a fluid (2) contains, having a housing (3) with a light source (4) arranged therein and a detector (5) arranged therein, wherein the light from the light source (4) with a specified spectral range (??) is guided through a transmitting window (7) through the fluid (2) to be examined and through a receiving window (8) to the detector (5), wherein the light source (4) is formed by a plurality of light-emitting diodes (10) which are connected to control electronics (11) and are configured for emitting light of different wavelength ranges (??i) within the specified spectral range (??). In order to provide as cost-effective a spectrometer (1) as possible with a small structural size, provision is made for the detector (5) to be configured for receiving the light in the entire specified spectral range (??) and for the control electronics (11) to be configured for sequentially actuating the light-emitting diodes (10), and for a compensation detector (12), which is connected to the control electronics (11), to be arranged opposite the light-emitting diodes (10).
Abstract:
A method and a solution in a gas chromatography –UV spectrophotometry detector to efficiently increase the flow of photons through the spectrograph to a light sensitive element or elements and maintain functionality despite the absence of a physical window for the light to enter the spectrograph and or decrease the temperature of a photon collecting device like a CCD by expansion of gas in close proximity with the photon collecting device and or with thermal contact with the photon collecting and where the gas can be directed and used as a barrier gas flow in an opposite direction to the light out from the spectrograph and or where the gas can be directed to the entrance of a gas chromatography column as a carrier gas. One particular use is for detection of metabolic substances emanating from living tissues and in particular that can be found in exhaled air from humans and animals for detection of various diseases. Substances can be such as nitrogen oxide, urea, acetone, isoprene, carbon disulfide coming from diseases like cancer, ulcers, asthma, diabetes etc.
Abstract:
A spectroscopic instrument comprising a compartment (2) for housing instrument components (3) and desiccant (4) to protect the instrument components, and a deformable container (5) having at least one wall portion which is movable within the compartment (2) so as to vary the volume of the compartment (2) that is occupied by the deformable container as the container is deformed. The interior of the deformable container (5) is in fluid communication with the surroundings of the instrument, such that a difference in pressure between the compartment and the surroundings tends to cause the deformable container to deform, moving the wall portion.