Abstract:
According to an aspect, the invention relates to a frequency conversion cell (10) including: a nonlinear, birefringent crystal (12), characterized by a first phase matching wavelength and having an input surface (121 A ) for receiving at least one incident beam, an output surface (121 B ) for emitting at least one frequency-converted beam, and at least two parallel surfaces (120 A , 120 B ), different from the input and output surfaces; and means (14, 14 A ) for applying an external mechanical force onto at least one of said parallel surfaces (120 A ), referred to as "force application" surface, thus resulting in a variation in the birefringence of the nonlinear crystal. The value of the applied external mechanical force is predetermined such as to obtain the phase matching in the nonlinear crystal at a second phase matching wavelength different from the first phase matching wavelength.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an optical tomography apparatus which comprises: a polychromatic light source (SLM), a one-dimensional optical sensor (CIM), an interferometric microscope (Ml), a one-dimensional confocal spatial filtering system (FS), an actuator system (PR, TR1, TR2, TR3) making it possible to perform a unidirectional depthwise scan of an object to be observed and a processor (PR) for reconstructing a two-dimensional image of a section of said object from a plurality of one-dimensional interferential images acquired by said image sensor during said one-directional scan. The invention further relates to an optical tomography method using such an apparatus.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a guided coherent atom source (1) comprising means for generating neutral atoms in a gaseous state (2), means for cooling the atoms gas (3), means for generating a magnetic field (4), comprising an electro-magnetic micro-chip (6) deposited on a surface (18) of a substrate (14), and capable of condensing the atoms in a magnetic trap, means for generating an electro-magnetic RF field capable of extracting the condensed atoms, optical means (10) for emitting and directing an optical coherent beam (12) toward the condensed atoms able to guide the condensed atoms, characterized in that the optical means (10) and the electro-magnetic micro-chip (6) are integrated onto the same substrate (14). The invention also concerns an atomic interferometer using such a source.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne une unité de tissu neural pour son utilisation pour une implantation dans le système nerveux d'un mammifère humain ou non humain, dans laquelle ladite unité de tissu neural contient des cellules neuronales post-mitotiques différenciées, dans une matrice extracellulaire, ladite unité étant obtenue à partir d'un microcompartiment cellulaire comprenant une capsule en hydrogel entourant l'unité de tissu neural, et ladite capsule en hydrogel étant au moins partiellement éliminée avant utilisation de l'unité de tissu neural. L'invention concerne également un procédé de préparation d'une telle unité de tissu neural.
Abstract:
Coherent spectroscopic methods are described, to measure the total phase difference during an extended interrogation interval between the signal delivered by a local oscillator (10) and that given by a quantum system (QS). According to one or more embodiments, the method may comprise reading out at the end of successive interrogation sub-intervals (T i ) intermediate error signals corresponding to the approximate phase difference (Õ) between the phase of the LO signal and that of the quantum system, using coherence preserving measurements; shifting at the end of each interrogation sub-intervals (T i ) the phase of the local oscillator signal, by a known correction value (Õ (i) FB ) so as to avoid that the phase difference approaches the limit of the inversion region; reading out a final phase difference (Õ f ) between the phase of the prestabilized oscillator signal and that of the quantum system using a precise measurement with no restriction on the destruction; reconstructing a total phase difference over the extended interrogation interval, as the sum of the final phase difference (Õ f ) and the opposite of all the applied phase corrections - ˆ‘ i Æ FB i .
Abstract:
Coherent spectroscopic methods are described, to measure the total phase difference during an extended interrogation interval between the signal delivered by a local oscillator (10) and that given by a quantum system (QS). According to one or more embodiments, the method may comprise reading out at the end of successive interrogation sub-intervals (T i ) intermediate error signals corresponding to the approximate phase difference (ϕ) between the phase of the LO signal and that of the quantum system, using coherence preserving measurements; shifting at the end of each interrogation sub-intervals (T i ) the phase of the local oscillator signal, by a known correction value (ϕ (i) FB ) so as to avoid that the phase difference approaches the limit of the inversion region; reading out a final phase difference (ϕ f ) between the phase of the prestabilized oscillator signal and that of the quantum system using a precise measurement with no restriction on the destruction; reconstructing a total phase difference over the extended interrogation interval, as the sum of the final phase difference (ϕ f ) and the opposite of all the applied phase corrections - ∑ i φ FB i .