Abstract:
A method for determining the quantity ratio of two components of a multi-substance mixture whose absorption bands are adjacent to each other and overlap comprises using an interference filter which is rotated in a uniform rotation about a first axis through the filter plane which forms with a perpendicular erected on the filter plane a fixed angle .beta. which is not equal to zero. The filter is rotatably arranged about a second axis through the filter plane and the method is characterized by adjusting the angle .alpha. which the axis of rotation forms with the ray in the range of .beta. is less than .alpha. so that a signal corresponding to the first derivative of the spectral intensity distribution of the radiation transmitted by the substance mixture just passes through zero and a quantity correlated with this angle is used as a measure of the quantity ratio. The radiation modulator for determining the quantity ratio includes a housing having an opening for the passage of the light ray therethrough and a filter in the housing in the path of the beam. The filter is mounted for rotation about a first axis comprising the axis of the filter and is mounted for pivoting about a second axis also going through the filter. The first axis is such that the area normal thereof forms with the first axis a fixed angle .beta. and the first axis is rotatable about the second axis and an angle .alpha. is formed between the first axis in the ray direction which may be read and indicated and the filter is adjustable to vary the angle.
Abstract:
In a single beam photometer the transmitted radiation is modulated in respect of wavelength. As the modulator, an interference pattern filter is used, whose transmitted wavelength agrees in the middle approximately with the absorption band to be measured. The interference pattern filter is either arranged so as to be rotatable in the beam path or oscillates at right angles to the optical axis. The electronic system is tuned to the first harmonic of the interference pattern filter frequency; i.e. the effects of signals of other frequencies are suppressed by the electronics.
Abstract:
An apparatus for monitoring the concentration of a vapor, such as heavy water, having at least one narrow bandwidth in its absorption spectrum, in a sample gas such as air. The air is drawn into a chamber in which the vapor content is measured by means of its radiation absorption spectrum. High sensitivity is obtained by modulating the wavelength at a relatively high frequency without changing its optical path, while high stability against zero drift is obtained by the low frequency interchange of the sample gas to be monitored and of a reference sample. The variable HDO background due to natural humidity is automatically corrected.
Abstract:
The radiant energy from a known live source impinges on a radiation collector which in turn directs the energy through a movable slit on to a rotating reticle having alternate reflecting and transmitting segments. A reference source also directs energy on to the reticle and the reticle output is directed toward a sensor whose output is processed by a differential amplifier and a signal amplifier. A reference phase generator circuit controls the gain of the differential amplifier. The output of the signal amplifier is further processed to provide only the low frequencies, which are then amplified and analyzed to provide a scintillation spectrum. A shimmer output is obtained by eliminating the low frequencies and applying the resultant to a limiter and a discriminator. The modulation transfer function is derived by combining, in an operational amplifier, the low-passed frequencies from the signal amplifiers and the peak detected high frequencies.
Abstract:
An optical spectrometer is adapted to provide differential wavelength modulation of a spectral signal by vibrating a photosensitive cell in the focal plane of the spectrograph. A synchronous detector is employed to demodulate the output signal of the photosensitive cell, and thereby provide to a recording device a signal that is the derivative of the spectral signal.
Abstract:
A BEAM OF RADIATION FROM A CONTINUUM SOURCE IS DIRECTED THROUGH AN ATOMIC VAPOR. A RADIATION SENSITIVE DETECTOR MONITORS THE RADIATION FROM THE ATOMIC VAPOR. A MODULATOR IS INCLUDED SO THAT THE DETECTOR RECEIVES A WAVELENGTH MODULATED SIGNAL THAT PERIODICALLY INCLUDES THE WAVELENGTH OF THE SPECTRAL LINE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ELEMENT TESTED. THE RADIATION SENSITIVE DETECTOR GENERATES A SIGNAL INDICATING THE PRESENCE AND/OR CONCENTRATION OF THE ELEMENT BY DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF RADIATION ABSORBED, OR THE INTENSITY OF ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE EMITTED.
Abstract:
A method of determining an optical spectrum for a sample substance includes splitting a source beam into a reference beam and a sample beam, periodically modulating the intensity of the beams out of phase of each other, directing the reference beam through a reference substance and the sample beam through the sample substance. The beams are then recombined, and a single detector detects the intensity difference at the modulation frequency to determine the spectrum of the sample substance.
Abstract:
Modulation-encoded light, using different spectral bin coded light components, can illuminate a stationary or moving (relative) target object or scene. Response signal processing can use information about the respective different time-varying modulation functions, to decode to recover information about a respective response parameter affected by the target object or scene. Electrical or optical modulation encoding can be used. LED-based spectroscopic analysis of a composition of a target (e.g., SpO2, glucose, etc.) can be performed; such can optionally include decoding of encoded optical modulation functions. Baffles or apertures or optics can be used, such as to constrain light provided by particular LEDs. Coded light illumination can be used with a focal plane array light imager receiving response light for inspecting a moving semiconductor or other target. Encoding can use orthogonal functions, such as an RGB illumination sequence, or a sequence of combinations of spectrally contiguous or non-contiguous colors.
Abstract:
This relates to systems and methods for measuring a concentration and type of substance in a sample at a sampling interface. The systems can include a light source, optics, one or more modulators, a reference, a detector, and a controller. The systems and methods disclosed can be capable of accounting for drift originating from the light source, one or more optics, and the detector by sharing one or more components between different measurement light paths. Additionally, the systems can be capable of differentiating between different types of drift and eliminating erroneous measurements due to stray light with the placement of one or more modulators between the light source and the sample or reference. Furthermore, the systems can be capable of detecting the substance along various locations and depths within the sample by mapping a detector pixel and a microoptics to the location and depth in the sample.
Abstract:
A system is provided comprising an FTIR spectrometer configured to obtain a Fourier Transformed infrared (FTIR) spectrum of a Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) sample of the subject; a data processor operable with the FTIR spectrometer, and configured to analyze the infrared (IR) spectrum of the Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC) sample of the subject by assessing a characteristic of the sample of the subject at at least one wavenumber; and an output unit, configured to generate an output indicative of the presence of a solid tumor, based on the infrared (IR) spectrum. Other embodiments are also provided.