Abstract:
A spectropolarimetric apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a light source attachment/detachment unit to which a light source is detachably coupled, a polarization interferometer configured to split light emitted from the light source coupled to the light source attachment/detachment unit into a plurality of polarized light beams using a polarization beam splitter and irradiate at least some of the split polarized light beams to a reflective sample to output the reflected light, and a spectrometer configured to measure physical properties of the reflective sample by analyzing the output light, wherein a wavelength of the light source coupled to the light source attachment/detachment unit varies depending on the reflective sample.
Abstract:
Techniques for controlling an optical system include accessing a measured value of a property of a particular pulse of a pulsed light beam emitted from the optical system, the property being related to an amount of coherence of the light beam; comparing the measured value of the property of the light beam to a target value of the property; determining whether to generate a control signal based on the comparison; and if a control signal is generated based on the comparison, adjusting the amount of coherence in the light beam by modifying an aspect of the optical system based on the control signal to reduce an amount of coherence of a pulse that is subsequent to the particular pulse.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a photonic mixer device with a photosensitive layer, at least two modulation gates (3, 4, 103, 104, 203, 204, 303, 304, 403, 404) and at least two readout electrodes (1, 2, 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402, 501, 502, 601, 602) connected to the photosensitive layer, the modulation gates (3, 4, 103, 104, 203, 204, 303, 304, 403, 404) being able to be connected to a modulation device which raises and lowers the potential of the modulation gates relative to one another and relative to the preferably constant potential of the readout electrodes corresponding to a desired modulation function. In order to further develop the known photonic mixer device such that it shows an increased charge conversion efficiency and reduced dark currents, it is proposed according to the invention that the readout electrodes (1, 2, 101, 102, 201, 202, 301, 302, 401, 402, 501, 502, 601, 602) in each case have at least two discrete electrode sections (1A-1E, 2A-2E) arranged at a distance alongside each other.
Abstract:
A spectral feature of a pulsed light beam produced by an optical source is estimated by modifying the wavelength of the pulsed Sight beam based on a predefined repeating pattern having a pattern period including, a plurality of steps, the modification including shifting the wavelength of the pulsed light beam by a wavelength offset from, a baseline wavelength for each step in the pattern period measuring the wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period as the wavelength is modified across the pattern; and estimating a spectral feature of the pulsed light beam over an evaluation window that includes all of the steps within the pattern period based at least in part on the measured wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device for detecting the phase and amplitude of electromagnetic waves. The device comprises at least two modulation photo gates (1, 2) which are sensitive to the electromagnetic waves. The device also comprises accumulation gates (4, 5) which are assigned to said modulation photo gates and which are not photosensitive, and has electric connections for the modulation photo gates (1, 2) and for the accumulation gates (4, 5) such that the latter can be connected to a readout device and the previous can be connected to a modulating device. Said modulating device increases and decreases the potential of the modulation photo gates (1, 2) in relation to one another and in relation to the preferably constant potential of the accumulation gates (4, 5) corresponding to a desired modulation function. The invention provides that a plurality of modulation photo gates (1, 2) and accumulation gates (4, 5) are provided in the shape of long and narrow, parallel strips which form a PMD pixel in groups.