Abstract:
When the apparatus is energized or a validation check is performed, a deuterium lamp 10 is turned on, and an output value resulting from an A/D conversion of the detection signal for light with a wavelength of 235 nm is obtained. A data processor 22 compares the output value with an upper limit value, which was determined and stored beforehand in a memory 24 (normally, in the manufacturing stage of the apparatus). If the output value is not less than the upper limit, a controller 25 operates an aperture driver 31 to reduce the light quantity by means of an adjustable aperture 30. This operation prevents an excessive quantity of light from reaching a photodetector 19, so that the measurement without absorption by a sample solution 18 can be correctly performed, and the absorbance by the sample solution 18 can be correctly calculated.
Abstract:
A diaphragm device with which individual wavelengths or ranges of wavelengths in the path of a beam of spectrally dispersed light can be suppressed. Such a diaphragm device comprises at least one array of diaphragms, wherein the individual diaphragms of the array are arranged in a definite relation to each other and may be coupled in the path of the beam and each diaphragm of the array in the coupled state is arranged in a given relation to an individual wavelength or a range of wavelengths.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a variable lens for controlling electromagnetic radiation that interacts with said lens in a controlled manner. The lens includes a container; a first dielectric fluid that is held in the container; a second dielectric fluid that is held in the container, a phase boundary layer between the first and the second fluid. The relative dielectric constant of the first fluid is different from a relative dielectric constant of the second fluid. At least one first electrode; and at least one second electrode is positioned in relation to the first electrode in such a way that an electric current that is applied between the first and the second electrode generates an electric field, which infiltrates the phase boundary layer.
Abstract:
The invention concerns an optical system. The optical system comprises an input for receiving an optical signal, a predetermined output plane, and a diffraction grating for separating the optical signal received at the input into spectral elements thereof. The grating has a diffraction surface, which is formed by a photolithography process. The diffraction surface has a first predetermined profile. The first profile is formed by a plurality of points each conducted by different equations. Consequently, each spectral component is focused on the predetermined output plane.
Abstract:
Described herein are spectrometers comprising one or more wavelength-selective filters, such as guided mode resonance filters. Some of the spectrometers described herein are configured for obtaining absorbance spectra in a discrete fashion by measuring absorbances of a sample at multiple discrete wavelengths or wavelength bands. In another aspect, methods are also provided for obtaining spectra, images and chemical maps of samples in a discrete fashion.
Abstract:
A system and method for the detection and identification of explosives and explosive residues using a combination of SWIR, Raman, and LIBS spectroscopy techniques, including imaging. A region of interest may be surveyed to identify a target area, wherein the target area comprises at least one unknown material. This surveying may be accomplished using visible imagery or SWIR imagery. The target area may be interrogated using Raman spectroscopy and LIBS spectroscopy to identify the unknown material. SWIR techniques may also be used to interrogate the target area. Fusion algorithms may also be applied to visible images, SWIR data sets, Raman data sets, and/or LIBS data sets.
Abstract:
A dual-mode includes a light source configured to project a structured illumination from which visible light can be filtered. The dual-mode imager also includes a detector configured to capture both the structured illumination and visible light from the scene. A temporal or spatial filter is used to selectively block visible light from one or more portions of the detector while passing the structured illumination to the one or more portions of the detector.
Abstract:
A device includes a housing; a color sensor within a first end of the housing, the color sensor configured to sense a color of a sample when the color sensor is placed proximate the sample; and a display within the housing, the display configured to display the color of the sample sensed by the color sensor.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a small spectroscope that has a short response time. A spectroscope according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a beam deflector that includes an electro-optic crystal, having an electro-optic effect, and paired electrodes used to apply an electric field inside the electro-optic crystal; spectroscopic means for dispersing light output by the beam deflector; and wavelength selection means for selecting light having an arbitrary wavelength from the light dispersed and output by the spectroscopic means.
Abstract:
A detecting device includes a wavelength dispersion element for dispersing light into wavelengths and for emitting dispersed light, a photodetector for detecting the dispersed light, and a wavelength restriction element, which is arranged between the wavelength dispersion element and the photodetector and has an optical characteristic dependent on a wavelength, for restricting an incidence of light having a particular wavelength to the photodetector. Light that is part of the dispersed light and includes the light having has the particular wavelength is incident to the wavelength restriction element.