Abstract:
A wedge-type interferometer is supported three-dimensionally by a cast inner shell (180), which contains a readily removable optical cartridge (200) supporting the fixed and movable wedge-shape prisms (78, 74) of the interferometer. The fixed prism is supported from one side of a centerpiece (210) of the cartridge while the movable prism is supported from the other side of the centerpiece for linear, scanning movement. The cartridge may be mechanically and optically aligned prior to insertion into the inner shell, and is easily removed if additional adjustments are required. A first corner cube mirror (82) is supported by a plate (58) secured to one wall of the inner shell and is aligned by micropositioner adjustment in the X-axis. A second corner cube mirror (86) is supported by a plate (64) secured to another wall of the inner shell and is aligned by micropositioner adjustment in the Y-axis. After alignment the inner shell may be mounted in an outer, hermetically-sealed casting (52).
Abstract:
An interferometer, preferably of the Michelson type, in which the reflectors (19, 21) associated with the interferometer arms (15, 17) are stationary, and scanning is accomplished by motion of a wedge-shaped refractive element (23) in one of the arms, the orientation of the refractive element and its direction of motion (24) being in specific mathematically derived directions which minimize the translatory displacement of the transmitted optical beam.
Abstract:
Un interféromètre à transformation de Fourier et à compensation d'auto-apodisation comprend au moins une paire de prismes mobiles (2 1 , 3 1 , 2 2 , 3 2 ) formant une lame dont l'épaisseur varie en même temps qu'une différence de longueur de chemin optique est elle-même variée. Les prismes sont déplacés à l'aide d'un système mobile à un seul degré de liberté, comprenant deux branches supports (10, 11) et au moins deux leviers (12, 13) articulés en rotation. L'interféromètre est adapté pour être installé à bord d'un satellite, pour analyser spectralement un rayonnement provenant de la surface de la Terre.
Abstract:
A polarization interferometer comprises a light source (1), a collimator (2), a first polarization element (3), a system of double-refracting elements (4, 5, 6) and a second polarizing element (7) which polarizes the light emerging from the double-refracting element (4, 5, 6) and directs it to a photon detector (8). The double-refractive element (4, 5, 6) consists of two optical wedges (5, 6) which together constitute a right parallepiped and which are arranged so as to slide relative to each other along opposed side surfaces, and a double-refracting plate (4) with parallel faces which acts as a compensator. The optical axis of the compensator (4) makes a finite angle with those of the two wedges (5, 6) in the plane perpendicular to the light beam, the optical axes of both wedges (5, 6) being coincident. The optical axes of the two polarizers (3, 7) are mutually perpendicular or parallel and are not aligned parallel to the axes of the two wedges (5, 6) of the double-refractive element (4, 5, 6).
Abstract:
Das Polarisationsinterferometer weist eine Lichtquelle (1), einen Kollimator (2), ein erstes polarisierendes Element (3), ein System von doppelbrechenden Elementen (4,5,6) und ein zweites polarisierendes Element (7) auf, welches das aus dem doppelbrechenden Element (4,5,6) austretende Licht polarisiert und einem Photonendetektor (8) zuführt. Das doppelbrechende Element (4,5,6) besteht dabei aus zwei, längs entgegengesetzter Seitenflächen gegeneinander verschiebbar angeordneten, sich zu einem Quader ergänzenden, optischen Keile (5,6) und einer als Kompensator dienenden doppelbrechenden planparallelen Platte (4). Die optische Achse des Kompensators (4) ist gegenüber derjenigen der beiden Keile (5,6) in der Ebene senkrecht zum Lichtstrahl um einen endlichen Winkel verdreht, wobei die optischen Achsen der beiden Keile (5,6) übereinstimmen. Die optischen Achsen der beiden Polarisatoren (3,7) stehen senkrecht oder parallel zueinander und sind nicht parallel zu den Achsen der beiden Keile (5,6) des doppelbrechenden Elementes (4,5,6) ausgerichtet. Ein monochromatischer Lichtstrahl (9) wird in den von der Lichtquelle (1) erzeugten parallen Lichtstrahl eingekoppelt und nach Durchquerung mindestens des doppelbrechenden Elementes (4,5,6) wieder ausgekoppelt und auf einen Photonendetektor (13) geführt.
Abstract:
A wedge-type interferometer is supported three-dimensionally by a cast inner shell (180), which contains a readily removable optical cartridge (200) supporting the fixed and movable wedge-shape prisms (78, 74) of the interferometer. The fixed prism is supported from one side of a centerpiece (210) of the cartridge while the movable prism is supported from the other side of the centerpiece for linear, scanning movement. The cartridge may be mechanically and optically aligned prior to insertion into the inner shell, and is easily removed if additional adjustments are required. A first corner cube mirror (82) is supported by a plate (58) secured to one wall of the inner shell and is aligned by micropositioner adjustment in the X-axis. A second corner cube mirror (86) is supported by a plate (64) secured to another wall of the inner shell and is aligned by micropositioner adjustment in the Y-axis. After alignment the inner shell may be mounted in an outer, hermetically-sealed casting (52).
Abstract:
Un interféromètre polarisant comprend une source de lumière (1), un collimateur (2), un premier élément polarisant (3), un système d'éléments biréfringents (4, 5, 6) et un deuxième élément polarisant (7) qui polarise la lumière qui sort de l'élément biréfringent (4, 5, 6) et la transmet à un détecteur (8) de photons. L'élément biréfringent (4, 5, 6) comprend deux coins optiques (5, 6) mobiles l'un par rapport à l'autre le long de faces latérales opposées et qui forment ensemble un carré, ainsi qu'une plaque (4) biréfringente à faces planes et parallèles qui sert de compensateur. L'axe optique du compensateur (4) est décalé d'un angle fini par rapport à l'axe des deux coins (5, 6) sur le plan perpendiculaire au rayon de lumière, les axes optiques des deux coins (5, 6) coïncidant. Les axes optiques des deux polariseurs (3, 7) sont perpendiculaires ou parallèles l'un à l'autre et ne sont pas parallèles aux axes des deux coins (5, 6) de l'élément biréfringent (4, 5, 6).
Abstract:
Disclosed is a linear array scanning Brillouin scattering elastic imaging device. In the device, a signal generating system consists of a narrow linewidth continuous wave laser, a half-wave plate, a beam expander, a Y-direction scanning galvanometer, a microlens array, a pinhole array filter, a first plano-convex lens, a polarization beam splitter, a quarter-wave plate and a microscope objective. A signal receiving system consists of a microscope objective, a quarter-wave plate, a polarization beam splitter and an eight-channel optical collimator array. Each channel of an eight-channel spectrometer consists of an optical collimator, a convex lens, a scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer, a photomultiplier tube and an eight-channel photon collection card.
Abstract:
A voltage is applied to a liquid-crystal variable retarder that monotonically changes a retardance and changes a first derivative with respect to time of the retardance of the liquid-crystal variable retarder over a time period. An interferogram of light passing through the liquid-crystal variable retarder is measured during the time period.