Abstract:
A fluorescence microscope includes a nearly monochromatic light source, a Brewster angle wedge, and an optical system for irradiating a sample with a light beam from the light source and directing fluorescence light from said sample onto the Brewster angle wedge. Collection optics are provided for focusing a hyper-spectral, wide angle and dark field image of the sample from the Brewster angle wedge onto recording optics.
Abstract:
A fluorescence microscope includes a nearly monochromatic light source, a Brewster angle wedge, and an optical system for irradiating a sample with a light beam from the light source and directing fluorescence light from said sample onto the Brewster angle wedge. Collection optics are provided for focusing a hyper-spectral, wide angle and dark field image of the sample from the Brewster angle wedge onto recording optics.
Abstract:
The present invention has a problem aiming to provide a birefringence measurement device capable of measuring a two-dimensional distribution of birefringence in a measurement target in real time and in detail using a simple configuration without a rotating mechanism. A birefringence measurement device 1A according to the present invention includes light flux generating means 2 for generating light flux L1, light flux irradiating means 3, 4, or 5 for irradiating a measurement target 20 with the light flux L1 in a predetermined polarization state, an imaging optical system 10 for forming an image from light flux L4 transmitted through the measurement target 20, a polarization/diffraction grating 8 disposed in a position within the imaging optical system 10, image pickup means 12 for generating a light-dark signal related to brightness of the image formed by the imaging optical system 10, and output means for outputting information regarding a phase difference for the light flux L4, the phase difference resulting from the transmission through the measurement target 20 and being determined on the basis of the light-dark signal, and the image pickup means 12 generates the light-dark signal for an image based on at least one beam of diffracted light L7 from among a plurality of beams of diffracted light produced by the polarization/diffraction grating 8.
Abstract:
Polarization-sensitive optical image measurement is subject to a non-negligible bias, and consequent deviation in birefringence, in a surrounding range of low SN ratios (signal-to-noise ratios) and low signal strengths; however, this deviation in birefringence is removed to make accurate quantitative measurement possible. Noise-containing OCT signals obtained by polarization OCT are processed using a birefringence calculation algorithm, to obtain measured birefringence, after which noise is statistically adjusted to simulate a measured birefringence distribution and determine the noise characteristics of the measured birefringence values, and then Monte Carlo calculations are repeated by assuming different values for the noise level and the true birefringence value, respectively, to form three-dimensional histogram of combinations of true birefringence values, SN ratios, and measured birefringence values, after which specified measured birefringence values and SN ratios are assumed from the three-dimensional histogram information to obtain a true birefringence probability density distribution, and true birefringence values are estimated from the true birefringence probability density distribution.
Abstract:
Methods, devices, and systems are disclosed for determining protein structure and dynamics using second harmonic generation (SHG) and related surface-selective nonlinear optical techniques.
Abstract:
There is set forth herein in one embodiment, a structure including a metallic grating having a grating pattern, the metallic grating including a critical dimension. The metallic grating can output a spectral profile when exposed to electromagnetic radiation, the spectral profile having a feature. The grating pattern can be configured so that a change of the critical dimension produces a shift in a value of the feature of the spectral profile. A method can include propagating input electromagnetic radiation onto a metallic grating having a two dimensional periodic grating pattern and measuring a critical dimension of the metallic grating using output electromagnetic radiation from the metallic grating.
Abstract:
The present invention has a problem aiming to provide a birefringence measurement device capable of measuring a two-dimensional distribution of birefringence in a measurement target in real time and in detail using a simple configuration without a rotating mechanism. A birefringence measurement device 1A according to the present invention includes light flux generating means 2 for generating light flux L1, light flux irradiating means 3, 4, or 5 for irradiating a measurement target 20 with the light flux L1 in a predetermined polarization state, an imaging optical system 10 for forming an image from light flux L4 transmitted through the measurement target 20, a polarization/diffraction grating 8 disposed in a position within the imaging optical system 10, image pickup means 12 for generating a light-dark signal related to brightness of the image formed by the imaging optical system 10, and output means for outputting information regarding a phase difference for the light flux L4, the phase difference resulting from the transmission through the measurement target 20 and being determined on the basis of the light-dark signal, and the image pickup means 12 generates the light-dark signal for an image based on at least one beam of diffracted light L7 from among a plurality of beams of diffracted light produced by the polarization/diffraction grating 8.
Abstract:
According to aspects illustrated herein, there are provided a sensor chip suitable for serological detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, a method for detecting serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae using the sensor chip, a detection system that includes the sensor chip, and a method for detecting serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae using the detection system described herein.
Abstract:
A detection device (100) detects an analyte that may be contained in a specimen. The detection device (100) includes a plurality of gold nanoparticles, an optical trapping light source (101), an illumination light source (102), an objective lens (103), an image pick-up device (108), and a computation unit (106). The plurality of gold nanoparticles are each modified with a probe DNA allowing the analyte to specifically adhere thereto. The optical trapping light source (101) emits polarized light for assembling the plurality of gold nanoparticles together. The objective lens (103) focuses and introduces the polarized light into a liquid containing a specimen and the plurality of gold nanoparticles. The image pick-up device (108) receives light from the liquid. The computation unit (106) detects an analyte based on a signal received from the image pick-up device (108).
Abstract:
A molecular sensor that utilises dichroism can be used to identify the presence of specific molecules in a substance. The molecular sensor includes a sensor element comprising (i) a scaffold moiety and (ii) one or more receptor molecules for the target molecule attached to the scaffold moiety to form a scaffold/receptor complex, wherein the scaffold/receptor complex is modified to incorporate a chromophore and the modified scaffold/receptor complex has a high aspect ratio.