Abstract:
Disclosed is an infrared radiation (IR) sensor and imaging tube employing same wherein the sensor includes a pyroelectric substrate having a conductive layer of infrared radiation absorbing material on one surface thereof. An electron-emissive metallic grid is disposed on the opposite surface of the pyroelectric substrate and is configured to expose predefined discrete areas of the pyroelectric substrate at which radiation-dependent voltages are developed. These voltages permit the metallic grid to emit electrons in quantity proportional to the infrared radiation received by the radiation absorbing material and the pyroelectric substrate. This IR sensor may advantageously be incorporated in a thermal imaging tube which includes means for flooding the grid surface of the pyroelectric substrate with photons and means for accelerating electrons emitted therefrom to a suitable target, such as a charge coupled device (CCD), a phosphor, a silicon intensified target (SIT), or other suitable electron collector.
Abstract:
An inert phosphor package or enclosure assembly, especially for use with an ultraviolet light absorption detector in liquid chromatography, and a process for manufacture. A wave length converting phosphor for location in a lamp housing is protected from the surrounding environment and abrasion by an encapsulating container comprised of a rigid base with a phosphor receptacle or pocket, a protective cover or window over the pocket transparent to ultraviolet radiation, and a heat-fused seal between the window and base. The package is fabricated by filling the pocket with a phosphor powder, covering the powder with the window, applying a fusible sealing strip, heating the assembly to a first temperature to dry the phosphor without fusing the sealing strip, and heating to a higher temperature without intermediate cooling to seal the window to the base.
Abstract:
[Object] To propose an information processing device, an image acquisition system, an information processing method, an image information acquisition method, and a program which enable a position of a surface of a measurement subject to be more simply specified.[Solution] An information processing device according to the present invention includes: a representative luminance value specifying unit configured to, when luminance values constituting a plurality of fluorescence images of a measurement subject captured while a position of the measurement subject in a thickness direction is changed are sequentially rearranged from a highest luminance value on the basis of the fluorescence images for each of the fluorescence images corresponding to respective thickness positions, extract a luminance value ranked at a predetermined position from the highest luminance value and set the extracted luminance value as a representative luminance value of the fluorescence image at the thickness position to be noted; and a surface position specifying unit configured to use the representative luminance value for each of the fluorescence images and set the thickness position corresponding to the fluorescence image that gives the maximum representative luminance value as a position corresponding to a surface of the measurement subject.
Abstract:
A light intensity distribution comprises a carbon nanotube array located on a surface of a substrate, a reflector, an imaging element and a cooling device. The carbon nanotube array absorbs photons from a light source and radiates a visible light. The reflector reflects the visible light and is spaced from the carbon nanotube array. The imaging element images the visible light reflected by the reflector. The cooling device is used to cool the substrate to make a contact surface between the substrate and the carbon nanotube array maintain a constant temperature. The cooling device is located between the substrate and the imaging device. The imaging device is spaced from the cooling device.
Abstract:
A sensor apparatus has a substrate and a spectrally selective detection system, and a cover. The spectrally sensitive detection system is sandwiched between the substrate and the cover. The spectrally selective detection system includes a generally laminar array of wavelength selectors optically coupled to a corresponding array of optical detectors located within the substrate. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
Abstract:
A lighting apparatus includes a first semiconductor light source configured to produce a first primary light beam, a second semiconductor light source configured to produce a second primary light beam, a phosphor volume configured to at least partly convert primary light into secondary light, a first deflection element configured to deflect the first primary light beam onto the phosphor volume, a second deflection element configured to deflect the second primary light beam onto the phosphor volume, a first light sensor which is sensitive to at least the primary light, and a second light sensor. The first deflection element is partly transmissive for the first primary light beam. The first light sensor can be irradiated by the component of the primary light beam which is transmitted by the first deflection element. The second light sensor can be irradiated by light which can be emitted by the phosphor volume.
Abstract:
Disclosed are a fluorescence microscope light source apparatus and a fluorescence microscope capable of obtaining high-luminance light in a wavelength of 500 to 550 nm and having reduced background noise when a sample is observed. The fluorescence microscope light source apparatus to be installed in a fluorescence microscope including an illumination light bandpass filter includes: a laser diode that emits blue light as excitation light; a phosphor that converts the excitation light from the laser diode into illumination fluorescence with a wavelength region of 500 to 550 nm; an optical system that extracts the illumination fluorescence from the phosphor; a first condenser lens that condenses the excitation light onto the phosphor; a light guide body having one end face on which the illumination fluorescence is incident and the other end face from which the illumination fluorescence exits; and a second condenser lens that condenses the illumination fluorescence onto the one end face of the light guide body. A band-elimination filter that blocks or attenuates light, out of the illumination fluorescence, in a wavelength region including a transmission maximum wavelength and including no transmission minimum wavelength in the illumination light bandpass filter is provided on a light path of the illumination fluorescence.
Abstract:
A radiation detector includes: a phosphor panel including a phosphor excited by entered radiation to emit fluorescence; a light receiving element that photoelectrically converts the fluorescence emitted by the phosphor; and a wiring board provided with the light receiving element, wherein the light receiving element includes a light receiving surface provided with a light receiving portion and an electrode, the phosphor panel and the light receiving element are arranged to face each other, and a surface of the phosphor panel facing the light receiving element and the light receiving surface of the light receiving element are inclined with respect to each other such that a distance between the light receiving portion and the phosphor panel is smaller than a distance between the electrode and the phosphor panel.
Abstract:
An apparatus has a transducer with a storage phosphor that is chargeable to emit light of a first wavelength in response to an excitation light of a second wavelength from an object scene, wherein the second wavelength is longer than the first wavelength. A digital light sensor is disposed to accumulate energy from the emitted light of the transducer and to generate a signal according to the accumulated energy. A charging illumination source is configured to direct a pulsed charging illumination of a third wavelength, shorter than the first wavelength, to the storage phosphor. A control logic processor is in signal communication with the digital light sensor and the charging illumination source and controls synchronization of the timing of pulsed charging illumination and energy acquisition and readout of the digital light sensor.
Abstract:
The present invention discloses a detection system with quantum light source, it includes a quantum light source module and a detection module, wherein the quantum light source module is composed of plural quantum light sources and illuminating an object under test to generate an object image, while the detection module detects the object image and performs detection or analysis. With the implementation of the present invention, low implementation cost is made possible by dispensing with a complex production process and complicated manufacturing equipment; relatively small space taken up by the quantum light sources allows the detection system to be used in a variety of applications; accurate and high-intensity light output facilitates identification of the characteristics of a to-be-tested object, lowers the error rate of detection, and enhances detection efficiency substantially; and can be used to detect, identify, or discriminate physiological signals correctly.