Abstract:
A measuring-wavelength apparatus includes a beam splitter (2), a first optical sensor (6), a second optical sensor (7), a signal-attenuation component (5) and a processing unit (8). A measuring-wavelength method comprising: splitting an incoming light into a first beam and a second beam; transforming the first beam into a first output signal; attenuating the second beam by using a signal-attenuation component; transforming the attenuated second beam into a second output signal; calculating a difference between the first and the second output signals to achieve an optical loss of the light; and in view of the optical loss, looking up a reference table to obtain a wavelength of the light.
Abstract:
An optical power control system for a semiconductor source spectroscopy system controls power fluctuations in the tunable signal from the spectroscopy system and thus improves the noise performance of the system. This general solution has advantages relative to other systems that simply detect reference power levels during the scan and then correct the detected signal after interaction with the sample by reducing the requirements for coordinating the operation of the sample detectors and power or reference detectors. The spectroscopy system comprises a semiconductor source and a tunable filter. The combination of the semiconductor source and tunable signal illuminate a sample with a tunable signal, being tunable over a scan band. The power control system comprises an amplitude detector system for detecting the power of the tunable optical signal and power control system for regulating the amplitude of the tunable optical signal in response to its detected power.
Abstract:
A disc serving as a spatial radiation modulator has dispersed radiation filters thereon. Each filter has a transmittance or reflectance modulation function of the form sin2(m&thgr;+p&pgr;/4), where m is a positive integer and p has one of the four values 0, 1, 2, 3. A radiation beam including selected wavelength components is diffracted into an elongated image dispersed according to wavelength. Different wavelength components are focused onto different filters on the modulator and are encoded by correspond filters. Since the modulation functions of the filters are orthogonal to one another, it is possible to extract the amplitude of each wavelength component after it has been encoded or modulated by corresponding filter from the total detected signal during one measurement.
Abstract translation:用作空间辐射调制器的盘在其上具有分散的辐射滤波器。 每个滤波器具有形式为sin2(mtata + ppi / 4)的透射率或反射率调制函数,其中m是正整数,p具有四个值0,1,2,3中的一个。包括选择的波长分量 被衍射成根据波长分散的细长图像。 不同的波长分量聚焦在调制器上的不同滤波器上,并由相应的滤波器编码。 由于滤波器的调制功能彼此正交,因此可以在一次测量期间从总检测信号对相应的滤波器进行编码或调制之后提取每个波长分量的振幅。
Abstract:
Methods for wavelength determination of a monochromatic light beam are described. The methods involve a detector unit containing at least one pair of photo detectors. One of the detectors in each detector pair is covered with a variable attenuator and the other is not covered by the variable attenuator. The optical transmission coefficient of the variable attenuator is a monotonic function of wavelength. Under illumination of a monochromatic light, the photocurrents produced in the detectors with and without the variable attenuator are compared. The relative values of the photocurrents are used to determine the wavelength of the monochromatic light.
Abstract:
In an interferometer comprising a beam splitter made up of a parallel planar plate and translucent (that is, semi-reflecting) films formed on both sides thereof, and a pair of reverse reflectors disposed at predetermined distances from the two surfaces of the beam splitter, an incident beam is split into two beams by one of the translucent films, and the two beams are reflected by the reverse reflectors, thus interfering with each other at the other translucent film.
Abstract:
The apparatus has a body receiving reaction containers that carries samples to be analyzed. The body is provided with a set of radially arranged seats. Each seat constitutes an entry of a scanning channel so that the reaction containers enter through an end of the channel by linear thrust. A sensor (12) picks up an image of a scanning head (11) to provide successive shots of the scanning head with a specific time interval. An independent claim is also included for a method for carrying out measurement of an optical absorbency of samples of liquids.
Abstract:
A spectral characteristics measurement device according to the present invention includes: an incident optical system that causes measurement light emitted from each of a plurality of measurement points inside of an object to be measured to enter a reflection surface of a fixed reflection unit and a reflection surface of a movable reflection unit; an imaging optical system that introduces fixed reflected measurement light reflected by the reflection surface of the fixed reflection unit and movable reflected measurement light reflected by the reflection surface of the movable reflection unit to the same point and forms interference light of the two reflected measurement lights; a light detection unit including a plurality of pixels for detecting an intensity of the interference light; a transmission filter that is arranged on an optical path between the imaging optical system and the light detection unit and includes a plurality of regions having different transmittances, the filter being configured such that the fixed reflected measurement light and the movable reflected measurement light that form the interference light that enters each pixel of the light detection unit are transmitted through the same region; and an arithmetic processing unit that obtains an interferogram of the measurement light from a detection signal of each pixel of the light detection unit when the movable reflection unit is moved, and obtains a spectrum of the measurement light based on the interferogram.
Abstract:
In the present invention, without decreasing measurement accuracy, a biological component information measurement device can have a miniaturized device structure. In a biological component information measurement device (100), a sample container (104) accommodates a measurement target (105) such as blood, cultured cells, or urine, and a light from a light source (101) is separated into spectral components using a rotating diffraction grating (110) and caused to be incident on the measurement target (105). Due to this configuration, it is possible to reduce the number of parts of a spectral optical system and the amount of space required therefor. As a result, it is possible to, in particular, miniaturize the spectral optical system without decreasing measurement accuracy.