Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for determining at least one gas condition at a location in a combustion chamber of a power plant or a combined heat and power plant by means of a laser pulse. The method comprises emitting (S1) the laser pulse into the chamber, determining (S2) a first point of time at which the laser pulse is emitted into the chamber, detecting (S3) laser light backscattered by gas molecules at the location in the chamber, determining (S4) a second point of time at which the laser light backscattered by the gas molecules is detected, determining (S5) the location based on the first point of time, the second point of time, and a pulse length of the laser pulse, and determining (S5) the at least one gas condition at the location based on at least one characteristic of the backscattered laser light detected at the second point of time. A gas measurement system and a combustion system are also presented herein.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for analysis of samples, and in certain embodiments, microfluidic sample analyzers configured to receive a cassette containing a sample therein to perform an analysis of the sample are described. The microfluidic sample analyzers may be used to control fluid flow, mixing, and sample analysis in a variety of microfluidic systems such as microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic platforms. Advantageously, the microfluidic sample analyzers may be, in some embodiments, inexpensive, reduced in size compared to conventional bench top systems, and simple to use. Cassettes that can operate with the sample analyzers are also described.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for analysis of samples, and in certain embodiments, microfluidic sample analyzers configured to receive a cassette containing a sample therein to perform an analysis of the sample are described. The microfluidic sample analyzers may be used to control fluid flow, mixing, and sample analysis in a variety of microfluidic systems such as microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic platforms. Advantageously, the microfluidic sample analyzers may be, in some embodiments, inexpensive, reduced in size compared to conventional bench top systems, and simple to use. Cassettes that can operate with the sample analyzers are also described.
Abstract:
An optical pulse source 30 comprising a DPSS pump laser 31, a photonic crystal fibre (PCF) 35 and acousto-optic modulator (AOM) gating means 33. The pump pulses are coupled through lenses 32 to the AOM 33, synchronised to the pump laser 31 and operable to gate the pump pulses to a reduced repetition rate Rr = Rf/N, where Rf is the pump laser fundamental frequency. The pulses from the AOM 33 are injected via optics 34 into the PCF 35. Propagation through the PCF 35 causes the pulses to broaden spectrally to produce supercontinuum pulses. An optical pulse source comprising the optical pulse source 30 and an acousto-optical tunable filter (AOTF) operable to convert supercontinuum pulses into wavelength variable output pulses is also provided. A method of scaling the energy of the optical supercontinuum pulses is also provided.
Abstract:
Biological information measuring apparatus capable of automatically identifying a subject under test, and executing continuous measurement under a common measurement condition having selected a properly identified site at a high S/N ratio for relatively long hours as necessary, and also improving utilization efficiency of the output light of a laser. In the biological information measuring apparatus using a confocal optical system provided with a laser serving as a light source thereof, the biological information measuring apparatus comprises a laser drive means (14) for effecting AC-driving so as to cause pulsed light to be outputted from the laser, and wherein the skin of a finger (FG) is discriminated from a nail (a) thereof on the basis of a detection signal of the confocal optical system, and a portion of the skin, in a range of the nail epithelium (b) of the finger (FG) to the first joint (c) thereof, is indicated as a measurement region.
Abstract:
A portal or gateway that includes a detector comprising a chirped laser; an open optical sample cell and a detector for detecting light from the chirped laser that has passed through the cell. The chirped laser may be a quantum cascade laser.
Abstract:
An automated defect inspection system (10) has been invented and is used to inspect patterned wafers, whole wafers, broken wafers, partial wafers, waffle packs, MCMs, etc. The inspection system is specifically intended and designed for second optical wafer inspection for such defects as metalization defects, such as scratches, voids, corrosion and bridging, as well as diffusion defects, passivation layer defects, scribing defects, glassivation defects, chips and cracks from sawing, solder bump defects, and bond pad area defects.
Abstract:
In order to sort diamonds from ore particles to moving on a wide belt conveyor 1, a line is irradiated across the conveyor 1 using a scanning laser 3 so as to excite Raman emission from diamonds, and the emitted radiation is passed through a narrow band pass filter 9 and a laser blocking filter 13 to be detected by a photomultiplier tube 14. The narrow band pass filter 9 allows to pass only the anti-Stokes radiation appropriate to diamonds. The position of the article 2 along the line is determined by a time domain technique, and diamonds are blown by an air jet 23 out of their normal path into a bin 24.