Abstract:
Each laser of a semiconductor laser array of an optical system has its own lens mounted adjacent to it in the space between the laser array and the objective lens of the system. The purpose of the lenses is to change the angle of divergence of the light beams leaving the emitting surface of the laser array so that the light beams can be collected efficiently by the objective lens, thereby providing significant beam power at the light sensitive medium (optical disk, photoconductor, etc.) of the optical system. The focusing power of each lens is chosen to form virtual images behind the emitting surface with spacings approximately corresponding to the spacings of the light beams emitted by the laser array, but with the emitter image size substantially magnified.
Abstract:
A standard light source utilizing spontaneous radiation made by mixing a fluorescent substance LnVO4:X (wherein Ln is Y or Gd, and X is Dy or Eu) with a radioactive substance containing a radioactive isotope which is less in the degree of temperature variation of the intensity of emitted light and excellent in stability. Particularly when used in a light-receiving device having photomultiplier tubes, the said light source emits light quite similar to that of a thermoluminescent substance such as CaSO4:X (wherein X is Im, Dy, Sm or Mn), LiF or Mg2SiO4:Tb, and is excellent as a calibration high-stability standard light source for use in the above-mentioned light-receiving device.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to optical instruments, such as photometers including spectrophotometers, and relates more particularly to a light-shifting device of light refracting type for receiving a beam of light used in such instruments and shifting it into one or the other of two parallel paths. An optical instrument having a light source, means comprising a diaphragm for directing a collimated beam of light from the light source in a path along an optical axis, light-refracting means disposed in the path for receiving the light beam and shifting the beam from its incident path thereto alternately to each of two offset parallel paths which are parallel to the incident path, and means for supporting, in the offset parallel paths, sample and comparison objects to be scanned by the shifted light beam in those paths.
Abstract:
A photometric emission detector is provided with an integral calibration source including a source of light and apparatus for controlling the passage of light and the quantity of light passed along the optical path via which induced radiant energy emissions are detected when the detector is in use.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an adjustable signal source with low phase noise, comprising: an optical-microwave phase detector (BOMPD) which comprises: an intensity modulator (BIM) having an optical signal input, a modulation input (1), a first output (O1), and a second output (O2), a first photodiode (PD1) which can be irradiated by light from the first output (O1) during operation, a second photodiode (PD2) which can be irradiated by light from the second output (O2) during operation, wherein the first photodiode (PD1) and the second photodiode (PD2) are connected in series in a biased manner during operation, wherein a tap for a tap signal is arranged between the first photodiode (PD1) and the second photodiode (PD2), further comprising a controllable DC power source (N4), wherein an offset current is can be set at the tap during operation by means of the first DC power source (N4), whereby the symmetry of the optical-microwave phase detector is canceled by an offset current during operation, wherein the tap is routed to a low-pass filter with any potential offset current, wherein the low-pass filtered tap signal is provided to an adjustable oscillator (OSZ).
Abstract:
A measurement method for characterization of a photodetector includes illumination of the photodetector with a variable electromagnetic radiation. The variable electromagnetic radiation has a temporally oscillating radiation intensity with fixed period and amplitude. The method also includes illumination of the photodetector with a first electromagnetic radiation having a temporally constant first radiation intensity and measurement of a first output signal at the photodetector. The method further includes illumination of the photodetector with a second electromagnetic radiation having a temporally constant second radiation intensity different from the first radiation intensity and measurement of a second output signal at the photodetector. The method additionally includes determination of a non-linearity of the photodetector by comparing the measurements of the first and second output signals.
Abstract:
A system, apparatus and method of improved measurement of the SPF factor of sunscreen compositions. In one embodiment, a method of measuring the protection of a sunscreen composition includes exposing skin to a known intensity of light, measuring the amount of remitted light from the skin, applying sunscreen to the skin, exposing the skin to which the sunscreen has been applied the known intensity of emitted light of the spectrum of light from which the sunscreen is intended to protect the skin, measuring the amount of light remitted from the skin, and calculating a UltraViolet-A Protection Factor (UVA-PF) of the sunscreen by comparing the amount of light remitted from the skin with the sunscreen to the amount of light remitted from the skin without the sunscreen.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a blue to white light conversion device, comprising: a light conversion subassembly comprising at least one light conversion layer, sandwiched between two light transmitting members, wherein the light conversion layer comprises a light conversion material comprising phosphors and/or quantum dots; at least one light diffusing subassembly neighboring the light conversion subassembly; and a top frame and a bottom frame surrounding the light diffusing subassembly and light conversion subassembly, respectively.
Abstract:
A sensor device for determining a position of seeds while sowing. The sensor device includes a radiation assembly which generates an illumination radiation oriented towards a target area, and a detection assembly. The radiation assembly includes a radiation source which provides an emission spectrum of the illumination radiation covering a spectral range. The detection assembly includes a radiation detector which detects an incident radiation, and a filter member with an attenuation band and a pass band. The radiation detector includes a field of view. The pass band has an attenuation which is less than an attenuation of the attenuation band in a wavelength range where the wavelengths are longer than those of the attenuation band. The target area and the field of view intersect. The radiation source and the radiation detector form a triangulation arrangement so that a distance from the target area to the detection assembly can be determined.
Abstract:
Various implementations disclosed herein includes a method for operating lighting fixtures in horticultural applications. The method may include receiving a user input of a desired irradiance for a first color channel of one or more lighting fixtures that irradiates a plant bed, in which each of the one or more lighting fixtures comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED) array, determining, for each of the one or more lighting fixtures, a PWM setting of the first color channel such that each of the one or more lighting fixtures irradiate the plant bed at the desired irradiance based on calibration data stored in each of the one or more lighting fixtures, and applying, to each of the one or more lighting fixtures, the determined PWM setting of the first color channel.