Abstract:
The invention relates to an inclined-slit spectrograph comprising a light source (1), an inlet slit (3), a grating (4) and a detector (7) including a window through which the light beam diffracted by the grating (4) is transmitted, in which part of the diffracted light beam generates reflections on the window or between the window and the sensitive surface of the detector (7). According to the invention, the inclined slit spectrograph includes a compensation means that can compensate for spectral resolution losses generated by the inclination means, said compensation means including the inlet slit (3, 9) which takes the form of a rectangular inclined inlet slit (9).
Abstract:
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for analyzing milk in a field, capable of analyzing the quality of milk by rapidly and easily examining components of milk in a field, other than a laboratory. To manage the quality of milk, a monochromator using an interference filter having different wavelength bands is employed to the apparatus for analyzing milk, and the amount of milk samples used at one time is increased, so components of milk are simultaneously examined. The apparatus for analyzing milk has a portable structure, so the components of milk are simply, rapidly and easily determined in the field, and the apparatus for analyzing milk is inexpensive as compared with existing apparatuses, thereby increasing the productivity.
Abstract:
The spectroscopy module 1 is provided with a body portion 2 for transmitting light L1, L2, a spectroscopic portion 3 for dispersing light L1 made incident from the front plane 2a of the body portion 2 into the body portion 2 to reflect the light on the front plane 2a, a lisht detecting element 4 having a lisht detecting portion 41 for detecting the light L2 dispersed and reflected by the spectroscopic portion 3 and electrically connected to a wiring 9 formed on the front plane 2a of the body portion 2 by face-down bonding, and an underfill material 12 filled in the body portion 2 side of the lisht detecting element 4 to transmit the light L1, L2. The lisht detecting element 4 is provided with a light-passing hole 42 through which the light L1 advancing into the spectroscopic portion 3 passes, and a raised portion 43 in a rectangular annular shape is formed on a rear plane 4a of the body portion 2 side in the lisht detecting element 4 so as to enclose a light outgoing opening 42b of the light-passing hole 42.
Abstract:
A multi-spectrum, multi-channel imaging spectrometer includes two or more input slits or other light input devices, one for each of two or more input channels. The input slits are vertically and horizontally displaced, with respect to each other. The vertical displacements cause spectra from the two channels to be vertically displaced, with respect to each other, on a single image sensor on a stationary image plane. The horizontal displacements cause incident light beams from the respective input channels to strike a convex grating at different respective incidence angles and produce separate spectra having different respective spectral ranges. A retroflective spectrometer includes a convex grating that, by diffraction, disperses wavelengths of light at different angles and orders approximately back along an incident light beam. A single concave mirror reflects both the input channel and the dispersed spectrum. A prism, set of mirrors, beam splitters or other optical element(s) folds the input channel(s) of a spectrometer to enable the input(s) to be moved away from the plane of the image sensor, thereby enabling a large camera or other device to be attached to the spectrometer without blocking the input(s). A mounting mechanism enables a curved optical element to be adjusted through lateral and transverse translations, without requiring a gimbal mount.
Abstract:
A two-channel spectrometer (20) has a shared objective (22) and a pair of slits (34, 40) at a common image plane (46). Each of the slits (34, 40) receives a portion of the output beam (22) of the shared objective (22) and is optimized for transmitting different wavelengths. A shared double-pass reflective triplet (48) receives the output beams of the slits. The output of the reflective triplet (48) is incident upon a beamsplitter (62), which sends a collimated first reflective triplet output (52) of a first wavelength to a first dispersive element (64), and a collimated second reflective triplet output (54) of a second wavelength to a second dispersive element (70). The outputs (66, 72) of the dispersive elements (64, 70) are directed back to the beamsplitter (62) and the reflective triplet (48) to imaging detectors (76, 78) located at two different locations of the common image plane (46).
Abstract:
The present invention provides an autonomous calibration of a multivariate based spectroscopic system that is preferably implemented as a multivariate based spectrometer. The spectroscopic system is based on a multivariate optical element that provides a spectral weighting of an incident optical signal. Spectral weighting is performed on the basis of spatial separation of spectral components and subsequent spatial filtering by means of a spatial light modulator. Calibration of the spectroscopic system is based on a dedicated calibration segment of the spatial light modulator, whose position corresponds to a characteristic calibration or reference wavelength of the incident optical signal. Preferably, the calibration or reference wavelength is given by the wavelength of the excitation radiation generated by the optical source that serves to induce scattering processes in a volume of interest.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an optical analysis system for determining an amplitude of a principal component of an optical signal. The principle component is indicative of the concentration of a particular compound of various compounds of a substance that is subject to spectroscopic analysis. The optical signal is subject to a wavelength selective weighting. Spectral weighting is preferably performed by means of spatial light manipulation means in combination with a dispersive optical element. The inventive calibration mechanism and method effectively allows for an accurate positioning of the spatial light manipulation means. Calibration is based on a calibration segment on the spatial light manipulation means in combination with a reference light source and a detector.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an adjustable pinhole, especially for the illumination beam path and/or detection beam path of a laser scanning microscope. Said pinhole consists of at least two planar basic components comprising articulation points in the form of connecting elements, to which at least one cutting edge that can be displaced in one direction is applied. The basic components advantageously contain at least one integrated preferably optical or electromagnetic positioning element, and a device for preferably optical or electromagnetic position detection is provided on the blade or is connected to the same. The inventive pinhole is advantageously provided with two asymmetric openings oriented in opposite directions for the optical position detection and at least one light source radiates through said openings. A gap which is oriented preferably perpendicularly in relation to the direction of displacement is provided upstream or downstream of the openings and the quantity of light radiated through the gap is detected separately for each opening.
Abstract:
A spectrophotometer comprises selection means for selecting one or more of the components of a light beam corresponding to different wavelengths, formed by optical micro-filters (20).