Abstract:
The invention concerns an optical device (100) comprising: - a fibre array (120) comprising input elements (122) positioned on an emission line (112), and output elements (121) positioned on a reception line (111), parallel to the emission line (112) and separated by a distance D and, - a compact dispersing system (130) ensuring wavelength selective conjugation of signals between the end faces of the input elements (122) and the end faces of the output elements (121) and comprising: - a plane mirror (140) - a concave mirror (60), and - a plane diffraction grating (50)
The optical device (100) being characterised in that the size of the plane mirror (140) is limited with respect to the two said parallel straight lines (111, 112) such that beams picopagating from the end faces of the input elements (122) to the concave mirror (60) and beams propagating from the concave mirror (60) to the end faces of the output elements (121) are not affected by the presence of the plane mirror (140).
Abstract:
The present subject matter relates to methods of high-speed analysis of product samples during production of the product. Light is directed to a portion of a product under analysis and reflected from or transmitted through the product toward optical detectors. Signals from the optical detectors are compared to determine characteristics of the product under analysis. Temperature within the monitoring system may be monitored in order to provide compensation for the signals produced by the optical detectors. The products under analysis may be stationary, moved by an inspection point by conveyor or other means, or may be contained within a container, the container including a window portion through which the product illuminating light may pass.
Abstract:
Low aberration relay systems modified to perform as spatial filters in reflectometer, spectrophotometer, ellipsometer, polarimeter and the like systems.
Abstract:
A device (100) for determining the surface topology and associated colour of a structure (26), such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner (100,1525) for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means (68) for providing colour data for each of the points of the array, while the spatial disposition of the device with respect to the structure is maintained substantially unchanged. A processor (24) combines the colour data and depth data for each point in the array, thereby providing a three-dimensional colour virtual model of the surface of the structure. A corresponding method for determining the surface topology and associated colour of a structure is also provided.
Abstract:
An optical spectrum analyzer (20) measures to-be-measured light while carrying out calibration processing for correcting wavelength information of spectrum data of the to-be-measured light by a wavelength information correction device (56) through a storage device (58) based on the spectrum data of reference light that is obtained by causing the reference light whose wavelength is known to be incident on a tunable wavelength filter (25) from light incident devices (21, 22) at all times together with the to-be-measured light. Since the optical spectrum analyzer (20) can continuously measure the to-be-measured light in a wide wavelength range at high speed while maintaining high wavelength accuracy, it can continuously obtain the spectrum data of the to-be-measured light with high wavelength accuracy even if it is installed in a place in which an environment intensely changes.
Abstract:
A device for determining the surface topology and associated colour of a structure, such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing colour data for each of the points of the array, while the spatial disposition of the device with respect to the structure is maintained substantially unchanged. A processor combines the colour data and depth data for each point in the array, thereby providing a three-dimensional colour virtual model of the surface of the structure. A corresponding method for determining the surface topology and associated colour of a structure is also provided.
Abstract:
A device for determining the surface topology and associated colour of a structure, such as a teeth segment, includes a scanner for providing depth data for points along a two-dimensional array substantially orthogonal to the depth direction, and an image acquisition means for providing colour data for each of the points of the array, while the spatial disposition of the device with respect to the structure is maintained substantially unchanged. A processor combines the colour data and depth data for each point in the array, thereby providing a three-dimensional colour virtual model of the surface of the structure. A corresponding method for determining the surface topology and associated colour of a structure is also provided.
Abstract:
A method for providing data useful in procedures associated with the oral cavity, in which at least one numerical entity representative of the three-dimensional surface geometry and colour of at least part of the intra-oral cavity is provided and then manipulated to provide desired data therefrom.
Abstract:
A small-spot imaging, spectrometry instrument (Fig. 1) for measuring properties of a sample (27) has a polarization-scrambling element, such as a Lyot depolarizer (19), incorporatied between the polarization-introducing components of the system, such as the beamsplitter (17), and the microscope objective (21) of the system. The Lyot depolarizer varies polarization with wavelength. Sinusoidal perturbation in the resulting measured spectrum can be removed by data processing techniques or, if the depolarizer is thick or highly birefringent,l may be narrower than the wavelength resolution of the instrument.