Abstract:
A system and method for monitoring and operating one or more light emitting devices is disclosed. In one example, light intensity within a dual elliptical reflecting chamber is sensed and operation of a fiber curing system is adjusted in response to an amount of sensed light energy.
Abstract:
An optical element includes a main body formed of a light transmissive material and including an arc-shaped optical path, and a gap formed on the arc-shaped optical path in the main body. The gap may have a notch shape. The main body may have a semicircular plate shape. The main body may have a hemispherical shape.
Abstract:
A compact device useful for measuring an absorption spectrum of a liquid, such as water with organic contaminants, is provided. The device comprises an array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) each emitting light with a unique spectral peak. A reflector shaped as a half ellipsoid reflects the emitted light to form a reference beam. The reflector has an opening to allow part of the emitted light to form a measurement beam after passing through the liquid. Two photodetectors measure the reference beam and the measurement beam to give a reference intensity and a measured intensity, respectively. The LEDs sequentially emit showers of light one-by-one, giving plural pairs of reference and measured intensities for estimating the absorption spectrum. The device receives energy from a separate power-providing device through wireless power transfer. The power-providing device harvests motional energy of the flowing liquid to generate electrical energy.
Abstract:
A spectroscopic measuring device includes a halogen lamp as a light source, a lens of an irradiating system, a mirror, and a spectrometer. The lens of the irradiating optical system emits light from the halogen lamp to a measurement object. The mirror is an optical member, and the mirror is arranged coaxial with the lens and conducts detecting light between the halogen lamp and the measurement object, to the spectrometer. The spectrometer is an analyzing part and analyzes material of the measurement object on the basis of the light received via the mirror. The light from the halogen lamp to the measurement object passes through the peripheral part of the optical axis of the lens, and the light to be received by the spectrometer passes through the center part of the optical axis of the lens, at the position of the mirror.
Abstract:
Devices and methods for detecting particulate matter are described herein. One device includes a laser, a reflector, an ellipsoidal reflector, and a detector, wherein the laser is configured to emit a beam, the reflector is configured to reflect the beam toward the ellipsoidal reflector, and the ellipsoidal reflector has a first focal region located on a path of the reflected beam, and a second focal region located at a surface of the detector.
Abstract:
A system for measuring thermal degradation of composites, may include a housing having an interior with an opening shaped to expose a test area of the composite to be tested to the interior; a light-emitting diode that emits primarily ultraviolet radiation, the diode mounted on the housing to direct the ultraviolet radiation into the interior and through the opening; an image sensor mounted on the housing and open to the interior to receive radiation emitted from the test area passing through the opening into the interior; and an image processor connected to receive a signal from the image sensor, the image processor determining a presence or absence of thermal degradation of the test area in response to the signal.
Abstract:
A device including an optical measuring device and an optical system which can measure the light intensity of the scattered light from the sample and the spatial distribution of the scattered light and which is excellent in the sensitivity is provided. In the device, the image distortion is suppressed by providing such a structure that the light emitted from the first substance is reflected by the ellipsoidal mirror two or more even times before reaching the second substance. The image distortion is suppressed by arranging two ellipsoidal mirrors so that respective one focuses are set to a common focus while remaining other two focuses are arranged on one line so as to be opposite to each other across the common focus, setting the common focus to a blank, arranging a first substance on one of the focuses, and arranging a second substance on the other of the focuses.
Abstract:
A sensor head is described herein. The sensor head can include a first piece, where the first piece can include a body having an outer surface and an inner surface. The first piece can also include a light source cavity disposed in the body at the inner surface. The first piece can further include an optical device cavity disposed in the body at the inner surface. The first piece can also include an ellipsoidal cavity disposed in the body at the inner surface, where the ellipsoidal cavity is disposed adjacent to the optical device cavity. The first piece can further include a receiving device cavity disposed in the body adjacent to the inner surface that forms the ellipsoidal cavity. The first piece can also include at least one channel disposed in the body.
Abstract:
Objectives and other optical assemblies include a reflective surface that is truncated at or near a focus based on a curvature of the reflective surface. A specimen is situated at or near the focus of the reflective surface, so that the reflective surface captures and collimates optical radiation emitted from the specimen. The reflective surface can be defined on an optical substrate along with a lens surface, so that an illumination flux is focused on the specimen by the lens surface, and a secondary light flux produced in response to the illumination flux is captured and collimated by the reflective surface.
Abstract:
The present invention involves an apparatus for detection of laser-induced fluorescence, wherein a sample substrate is made of transparent or semi-translucent materials and the apparatus is equipped with a reflector that reflects the reflected light from the sample and the scattered light of the excitation light; a focusing system that collects light transmitted through the sample; a spatial filter that eliminates noise component from the reflected light from the reflector and/or output from the focusing system; a collimator that converts the light passed through the focusing system to a parallel light; a fluorescence filter that filters only the fluorescence from light transmitted through the collimator; and a photodetector that converts the output light from the fluorescence filter into the electric signal. The present apparatus may further be equipped with an optical feedback system that is placed in the rear of the sample and sends light transmitted through the sample back to the sample. Therefore, the apparatus according to the present invention provides higher light focusing efficiency and improved utility of the excitation light energy by recycling the transmitted light to increase the fluorescence yield, as compared with the conventional system.