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:
A novel system of monochromatic devices for use within the Earth''s atmosphere comprising an emission exciter and an emission detector for the discovery, identification and location of organic vapors of natural gasoline and fuel oil, other vapors, gases, liquids and solids, each disposed in free space along a boundary of other material. The exciter radiates such materials with electromagnetic waves at frequencies above at least one of the spaced electronic, vibrational and rotational frequencies characteristic of and identifying them. The radiation may be at a single frequency sweeping continuously through the portion of the frequency range which it is desired to examine, or alternatively at a plurality of spaced frequencies, each simultaneously sweeping a different portion of the range. The detector which may be disposed remotely from a material, resolves and measures the frequencies of the excited emission. Location of a material may be by triangulation, or alternatively by measurement of range and direction.
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 for generating a illumination dual-comb signal that provides a low frequency train of interferograms (180) readable by a regular video-rate camera (160) comprising N pixels and a sampling frequency of V Hz to extract hyperspectral information (170), the method comprising providing a monochromatic signal, splitting the monochromatic signal in two split monochromatic signals, frequency shifting each monochromatic signal with an offset frequency below V 2 Hz , generating two frequency combs having a difference in repetition below V 2 Hz by a nonlinear modulation of the two split monochromatic signals, generate the illumination dual-comb signal, Illuminating a target and employing a video-rate camera (160) to read a low frequency train of interferograms (180) based on a reflected and/or transmitted signal of the illumination dual-comb signal and performing Fourier transformation of the low frequency train of interferograms (180) detected by each pixel from the N pixels to extract the hyperspectral information (170).
Abstract:
Embodiments herein describe spectroscopy systems that use an unmodulated reference optical signal to mitigate noise, or for other advantages. In one embodiment, the unmodulated reference optical signal is transmitted through the same vapor cell as a modulated pump optical signal. As such, the unmodulated reference optical signal experiences absorption by the vapor, which converts laser phase noise to amplitude noise like the other optical signals passing through the vapor cell. In one embodiment, the unmodulated reference optical signal has an optical path in the gas cell that is offset (or non-crossing) from the optical path of the modulated pump optical signal. The unmodulated reference optical signal allows removal or mitigation of the noise on the other optical signal.
Abstract:
A dual optical frequency comb light-emitting device includes a first optical-frequency-comb laser source that includes a first laser resonator having a first optical path length, a second optical-frequency-comb laser source that includes a second laser resonator having a second optical path length different from the first optical path length, and an optical coupler that causes a first portion of first optical-frequency-comb laser light emitted from the first laser resonator to enter the second laser resonator. The first optical-frequency-comb laser source outputs a second portion of the first optical-frequency-comb laser light to an outside. The second optical-frequency-comb laser source outputs second optical-frequency-comb laser light emitted from the second laser resonator to the outside.
Abstract:
Some aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to spectrophotometers configured to be coupled to microfluidic sample cartridges. In some embodiments, spectrophotometers comprising less complex circuitry may lead to a more robust functionality with consistent optical sensing performance. This may include the use of components with different average lifetimes being positioned on different printed circuit boards, the use of integrated photodiode modules for sensing applications, and/or temperature sensors compressed between a heating block and one or more corresponding printed circuit boards.