Abstract:
An emission measuring device comprising a sample region, an illumination unit for irradiating a sample which is positionable in the sample region and a detection unit for detecting the radiation emitted by the sample by means of a radiation detector is disclosed. The illumination unit comprises a radiation source, a first dispersive element, disposed downstream of the radiation source in the beam direction, for decomposing the radiation into the spectral components thereof, a first micromirror field, disposed downstream of the first dispersive element in the beam direction, for selecting spectral components and a second dispersive element, disposed downstream of the first micromirror field in the beam direction, for unifying the selected spectral components in a common excitation beam. Furthermore, a method for measuring light emission using such an emission measuring device is disclosed, in which the spectral composition of the excitation light beam is selected by activating and/or deactivating the individual micromirrors of the first micromirror field.
Abstract:
The arrangement comprises a filter region (10) filtering electromagnetic radiation and a shielding component (20) inhibiting propagation of electromagnetic radiation. The filter region comprises a central filter region (11) and a separate peripheral filter region (13). The shielding component comprises an aperture (21). The aperture is arranged above the central filter region. The central filter region and the peripheral filter region are optimized for different angles of incidence (α, β) and provided for measurements by individual sensor regions (18, 19).
Abstract:
A spectral imaging system comprises: a sequential optical system providing a temporal sequence of output light beams describing the scene; a color imager receiving the output light beams and responsively generating, for each output light beam, an image signal that is spatially resolved into a plurality of color channels. The system can also comprise an image processor that collectively process the image signals to construct a spectral image of the scene.
Abstract:
A spectrometer comprises a plurality of isolated optical channels comprising a plurality of isolated optical paths. The isolated optical paths decrease cross-talk among the optical paths and allow the spectrometer to have a decreased length with increased resolution. In many embodiments, the isolated optical paths comprise isolated parallel optical paths that allow the length of the device to be decreased substantially. In many embodiments, each isolated optical path extends from a filter of a filter array, through a lens of a lens array, through a channel of a support array, to a region of a sensor array. Each region of the sensor array comprises a plurality of sensor elements in which a location of the sensor element corresponds to the wavelength of light received based on an angle of light received at the location, the focal length of the lens and the central wavelength of the filter.
Abstract:
An optical filter is disclosed including two laterally variable bandpass filters stacked at a fixed distance from each other, so that the upstream filter functions as a spatial filter for the downstream filter. This happens because an oblique beam transmitted by the upstream filter is displaced laterally when impinging on the downstream filter. The lateral displacement causes a suppression of the oblique beam when transmission passbands at impinging locations of the oblique beam onto the upstream and downstream filters do not overlap.
Abstract:
A spectrometer (10) for measuring a spectral signature of an object comprises fringe generating optics (12) for use with a camera (65) and a processor. The fringe generating optics are formed of front optics (45) and birefringent optics (55). The front optics comprises a diffuser adapted to receive light from the object. The birefringent optics is adapted to receive light from the diffuser and to generate interference fringes. The camera is adapted to receive the interference fringes and the processor generates the spectral signature of the object. This spectrometer is an improved Fourier transform spectrometer suitable for use with digital cameras, such as cameras found in mobile devices.
Abstract:
A hyperspectral imaging system and a method are described herein for providing a hyperspectral image of an area of a remote object (104). In one aspect, the hyperspectral imaging system includes a fore optic (106) with optics for acquiring and projecting an image from a remote object, a scannable slit mechanism (108, 208) with a plurality of slits for receiving the projected image, where the projected image simultaneously illuminates two or more of the plurality of slits, a spectrometer (110) for receiving and dispersing images passing through the two or more simultaneously-illuminated slits, and a two-dimensional image sensor (112) for recording images received from the spectrometer, where the images received from different slits are recorded on different sets of detection elements of the two-dimensional image sensor.
Abstract:
A hyperspectral imaging system (100c) and a method are described herein for providing a hyperspectral image of an area of a remote object (e.g., scene of interest 104). In one aspect, the hyperspectral imaging system includes at least one optic (106), a rotatable drum (402) which has a plurality of slits (4049 formed on the outer surface thereof and a fold mirror (408) located therein, a spectrometer (110), a two-dimensional image sensor (112), and a controller (114). In another aspect, the hyperspectral imaging system includes at least one optic, a rotatable disk (which has at least one spiral slit formed therein), a spectrometer, a two-dimensional image sensor, and a controller. In yet another aspect, the hyperspectral imaging system includes at least one optic, a rotatable disk (which has multiple straight slits formed therein), a spectrometer, a two-dimensional image sensor, and a controller.