Abstract:
A spectroscopy module comprises a light transmitting portion for transmitting light made incident upon a plane of the light transmitting portion. The spectroscopy module further comprises a spectroscopic portion which is provided on a convex surface of the light transmitting portion, opposite the plane, to disperse light transmitted through the light transmitting portion and reflect said light towards the plane. The spectroscopy module further comprises a light detecting element which is provided on the plane to detect light dispersed and reflected by the spectroscopic portion. The spectroscopic portion comprises a diffracting layer formed along the convex surface of the light transmitting portion, a reflecting layer formed on a surface of the diffracting layer, and a peripheral edge portion formed on the convex surface of the light transmitting portion. The peripheral edge portion is formed integrally with the diffracting layer, and by using a same material as that of the diffracting layer, so as to enclose a periphery of the diffracting layer.
Abstract:
First, a box 5 molded from a resin is prepared such as to have a rectangular parallelepiped outer form with a pair of grooves on the bottom face and a semispherical recess 9. Subsequently, a photocurable resin agent 27 is applied to a bottom area 12 of the recess 10 in the box 5. Then, while a light transmitting mold 28 having a bottom face formed with a plurality of grating grooves arranged in a row along a predetermined direction is pressed against the applied resin agent 27, the resin agent 27 is cured by irradiation with light, so as to provide the area 12 in the recess 10 with the grating 29 formed with a plurality of grating grooves. Next, Al, Au, or the like is vapor-deposited so as to cover the grating 29, thereby forming a reflecting film 15. Then, a photodetector 4 is accommodated in a package 2. This can easily manufacture a highly reliable spectrometer.
Abstract:
A Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectrometer integrated in a CMOS technology on a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) wafer is disclosed. The present invention is fully integrated into a compact, miniaturized, low cost, CMOS fabrication compatible chip. The present invention may be operated in various infrared regions ranging from 1.1 mum to 15 mum or it can cover the full spectrum from 1.1 mum to 15 mum all at once. The CMOS-FTIR spectrometer disclosed herein has high spectral resolution, no movable parts, no lenses, is compact, not prone to damage in harsh external conditions and can be fabricated with a standard CMOS technology, allowing the mass production of FTIR spectrometers. The fully integrated CMOS-FTIR spectrometer is suitable for battery operation; any and all functionality can be integrated on a chip with standard CMOS technology. The disclosed invention for the FTIR spectrometer may also be adapted for a CMOS-Raman spectrometer.
Abstract:
In a spectroscopic module 1, a flange 7 is formed integrally with a diffraction layer 6 along a periphery thereof so as to become thicker than the diffraction layer 6. As a consequence, at the time of releasing a master mold used for forming the diffraction layer 6 and flange 7, the diffraction layer 6 formed along a convex curved surface 3a of a main unit 3 can be prevented from peeling off from the curved surface 3 a together with the master mold. A diffraction grating pattern 9 is formed so as to be eccentric with respect to the center of the diffraction layer 6 toward a predetermined side. Therefore, releasing the mold earlier from the opposite side of the diffraction layer 6 than the predetermined side thereof can prevent the diffraction layer 6 from peeling off and the diffraction grating pattern 9 from being damaged.
Abstract:
A spectroscopic sensor 100 that applies lights in a wavelength band containing plural wavelengths to an object and spectroscopically separates reflected lights or transmitted lights from the object using plural light band-pass filters 61 to 64 that transmit the respective specific wavelengths and plural photosensor parts 31 to 34 to which corresponding transmitted lights are input based on output results of independent photosensors. The spectroscopic sensor 100 may be integrated in a semiconductor device or module by integration using a semiconductor process and downsizing may be realized.
Abstract:
A monolithic Offner spectrometer is described herein as are various components like a diffraction grating and a slit all of which are manufactured by using a state-of-the-art diamond machining process. In one embodiment, a monolithic Offner spectrometer is directly manufactured by using a diamond machining process. In another embodiment, a monolithic Offner spectrometer is manufactured by using molds which are made by a diamond machining process. In yet another embodiment, a diffraction grating is directly manufactured by using a diamond machining process. In still yet another embodiment, a diffraction grating is manufactured by using a mold which is made by a diamond machining process. In yet another embodiment, a slit is directly manufactured by using a diamond machining process.
Abstract:
A spectroscopic sensor 100 that applies lights in a wavelength band containing plural wavelengths to an object and spectroscopically separates reflected lights or transmitted lights from the object using plural light band-pass filters 61 to 64 that transmit the respective specific wavelengths and plural photosensor parts 31 to 34 to which corresponding transmitted lights are input based on output results of independent photosensors. The spectroscopic sensor 100 may be integrated in a semiconductor device or module by integration using a semiconductor process and downsizing may be realized.
Abstract:
A spectrometer 1, in which a spectroscopic unit 3 spectrally resolves and reflects light L1 having entered the inside of a package 2 while a photodetector 4 detects reflected light L2, comprises a package 2 accommodating the photodetector 4 therein. The package 2 has a semispherical recess 10, while the recess 10 has a bottom face formed with an area 12 having a plurality of grating grooves 14 arranged in a row along a predetermined direction and an area 13 surrounding the area 12. The areas 12 and 13 are continuous with each other and formed on the same curved surface. This can inhibit the grating grooves 14 from shifting their positions even when distortions are generated in the package 2.