Abstract:
A spectrometer capable of eliminating side-tail effects includes a body and an input section, a diffraction grating, an image sensor unit and a wave-guiding device, which are mounted in the body. The input section receives a first optical signal and outputs a second optical signal travelling along a first light path. The diffraction grating receives the second optical signal and separates the second optical signal into a plurality of spectrum components, including a specific spectrum component travelling along a second light path. The image sensor unit receives the specific spectrum component. The wave-guiding device includes first and second reflective surfaces opposite to each other and limits the first light path and the second light path between them to guide the second optical signal and the specific spectrum component. The first and second reflective surfaces are separated from a light receiving surface of the image sensor unit by a predetermined gap.
Abstract:
An optical spectrometer (10, 20, 30, 40, 50) having a multi-wafer structure. The structure may be fabricated with MEMS technology. The spectrometer may be integrated with a fluid analyzer (110). A reflective grating (14) such as a diffraction or holographic grating situated on the circumference of a Rowland circle (15) along with a point (17) of light emission and a detector (19) may be a configuration of the spectrometer. Some configurations may use an external light source where the light may be optically conveyed to the point (17) of emission on the circle. There may be a Raman configuration where an interaction of light (48) with a sample or an interactive film (49) of a channel in a fluid analyzer is the point of light emission for the spectrometer. In some configurations of the spectrometer, the grating (14, 55) and/or the film may be reflective or transmissive.
Abstract:
Die Erfindung betrifft eine Spektrometeroptik mit einem Strahlengang von einer Strahlenquelle zu einer Anzahl von nicht ortsauflösenden elektrooptischer Sensoren, wobei der Strahlengang einen Eintrittsspalt (7), ein dispersives Element (8) und eine Anzahl von auf einer Fokalkurve angeordneten Austrittspalten (9) aufweist, wobei weiter ein ersten Aktuator zur Änderung des Einfallswinkels E (23) zwischen dem Strahl von dem Eintrittsspalt auf das dispersive Element und der Normalen (13) zu dem dispersiven Element, eine Anzahl von zweiten Aktuatoren zum Verfahren der Austrittsspalte tangential zur Fokalkurve (6) oder in Umfangsrichtung entlang der Fokalkurve (6) und eine Steuerung, die dazu eingerichtet ist, den ersten Aktuator und die zweiten Aktuatoren zur Durchführung einer Kalibrierung anzusteuern, vorgesehen ist.
Abstract:
A spectrometer or multiple wavelength absorbance detection method and apparatus providing improved accuracy for an array of measurements at different wavelengths. The spectrometer utilizes a multiple wavelength illumination system with an array of independent detectors with different pathlength cells, where each cell is illuminated with predominately monochromatic light after separation by a light dispersing element. Each sample cell has an optical pathlength, optics and photodetection device that are optimized for its particular wavelength to accurately measure absorbance through an expected substance.
Abstract:
An imaging optical system having a Rowland geometry can be used in a spectrometer for X-ray fluorescence. For the focusing of the X-ray beam emanating from the specimen to be analyzed, use is made of a curved analyzer crystal (28) whose radius of curvature may be variable, as in the case of a crystal surface (29) in the form of a logarithmic spiral (40). If such an analyzer crystal is to be made sufficiently large so as to achieve adequate intensity in the X-ray detector, a part of the crystal would have to be given a radius of curvature which is smaller than permissible so as to avoid fracturing of the crystal. In accordance with the invention, a first part (40) of the reflective surface (29) has a radius of curvature which is dependent on the location on the crystal whereas another part (42) of the reflective surface has a constant radius of curvature (44). A crystal part having a constant radius of curvature exhibits angular deviations, but for as long as these angular deviations are smaller than a given (not very low) limit value, they can be ignored in relation to other, larger deviations of the log spiral part. Such larger deviations occur notably when a multilayer mirror is chosen for the analyzer crystal (28).
Abstract:
The present application discloses a system comprising a compact curved grating (CCG) and its associated compact curved grating spectrometer (CCGS) or compact curved grating wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer (WMDM) module and a method for making the same. The system is capable of achieving a very small (resolution vs. size) RS factor. The location; of the entrance slit and detector can be adjusted in order to have the best performance for a particular design goal. The initial groove spacing is calculated using a prescribed formula dependent on operation wavelength. The location of the grooves is calculated based on two conditions. The first one being that the path-difference between adjacent grooves should be ah integral multiple of the wavelength in the medium to achieve aberration-free grating focusing at the detector or a first anchor output slit even with large beam diffraction angle from the entrance slit or input slit, the second one being specific for a particular design goal of a curved-grating spectrometer.
Abstract:
Techniques and mechanisms for a monolithic photonic integrated circuit (PIC) to provide spectrometry functionality. In an embodiment, the PIC comprises a photonic device, a first waveguide and a second waveguide, wherein one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide includes a released portion which is free to move relative to a substrate of the PIC. During a metering cycle to evaluate a material under test, control logic operates an actuator to successively configure a plurality of positions of the released portion relative to the photonic device. In another embodiment, light from the first waveguide is variously diffracted by a grating of the photonic device during the metering cycle, where portions of the light are directed into the second waveguide. Different wavelengths of light diffracted into the second waveguide may be successively detected, for different positions of the released portion, to determine spectrometric measurements over a range of wavelength.
Abstract:
A concave diffraction grating for integrated optics is constructed by replacing the reflective metallic part by either multiple thin elements of metal or multiple elements of dielectric material, each partially reflecting the light, and arranged on elliptical fashion in order to distribute the diffraction/reflection of light and provide aberration-free focusing, by combining diffraction condition and Bragg condition of these curved reflectors.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and device for collecting spectrometric measuring signals. The aim of said invention is to deliver solutions which make it possible to exactly collect spectrometric measuring signals in a low-cost matter. Said aim is attained by a spectrometric measuring device comprising an input splitting device for passing studied radiation, a Rowland grid device which is associated therewith and reflects incident radiation by spectral spreading, a recording device for recording the narrow part of the spectrum spread by said Rowland grid device and a guiding device which guides and displaces the recording device on a detection path whose spectral clearness is substentially contrast, whereby making it possible to obtain an accurate spectral distribution of studied light in an advantage manner. Said invention also makes it possible to form a recording device or to couple said device to an evaluation system in an operational manner in such a way that possible dependencies of the recorded intensity with respect to the wavelength of the light incident to the recording device are compensated by evaluation procedures. Compensating parameters can determined by gauging procedures and recorded in the internal memory of the device.
Abstract:
A spectroanalytical system for receiving radiation to be analyzed along a first path includes a grating in the first path with periodic faceted grooves for spatially separating the radiation as a function of wavelength. The blaze angles of the faceted grooves are progressively graded. A multielement detector detects radiation spatially separated by the grating. An optical conditioner is disposed in the first path between the grating and a multielement detector.