Abstract:
An optical detector(110) is disclosed, comprising: at least one optical sensor(122) adapted to detect a light beam(120) and to generate at least one sensor signal, wherein the optical sensor(122) has at least one sensor region(126), wherein the sensor signal of the optical sensor(122) is dependent on an illumination of the sensor region(126) by the light beam(120), wherein the sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a width of the light beam(120) in the sensor region(126); at least one focus-tunable lens(128) located in at least one beam path(130) of the light beam(120), the focus-tunable lens(128) being adapted to modify a focal position of the light beam(120) in a controlled fashion; at least one focus-modulation device(136) adapted to provide at least one focus-modulating signal(138) to the focus-tunable lens(128), thereby modulating the focal position; at least one imaging device(140) being adapted to record an image; and at least one evaluation device(142), the evaluation device(142) being adapted to evaluate the sensor signal and, depending on the sensor signal, to effect a recording of the image by the imaging device(140).
Abstract:
An optical detector (110) is disclosed. The optical detector (110) comprises: —an optical sensor (112), having a substrate (116) and at least one photosensitive layer setup (118) disposed thereon, the photosensitive layer setup (118) having at least one first electrode (120), at least one second electrode (130) and at least one photovoltaic material (140) sandwiched in between the first electrode (120) and the second electrode (130), wherein the photovoltaic material (140) comprises at least one organic material, wherein the first electrode (120) comprises a plurality of first electrode stripes (124) and wherein the second electrode (130) comprises a plurality of second electrode stripes (134), wherein the first electrode stripes (124) and the second electrode stripes (134) intersect such that a matrix (142) of pixels (144) is formed at intersections of the first electrode stripes (124) and the second electrode stripes (134); and —at least one readout device (114), the readout device (114) comprising a plurality of electrical measurement devices (154) being connected to the second electrode stripes (134) and a switching device (160) for subsequently connecting the first electrode stripes (124) to the electrical measurement devices (154).
Abstract:
The present invention relates to thermally stable p-conducting oligomers and polymers of triangulene of formula (I) and their use in dye sensitized solar cells.
Abstract:
An optical detector (110) is disclosed, comprising: at least one optical sensor (122) adapted to detect a light beam (116) and to generate at least one sensor signal, wherein the optical sensor (122) has at least one sensor region (126), wherein the sensor signal of the optical sensor (122) is dependent on an illumination of the sensor region (126) by the light beam (116), wherein the sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a width of the light beam (116) in the sensor region (126); at least one focus-tunable lens (130) located in at least one beam path (132) of the light beam (116), the focus-tunable lens (130) being adapted to modify a focal position of the light beam (116) in a controlled fashion; at least one focus-modulation device (136) adapted to provide at least one focus-modulating signal (138) to the focus-tunable lens (130), thereby modulating the focal position; and at least one evaluation device (140), the evaluation device (140) being adapted to evaluate the sensor signal.
Abstract:
A detector (110) for an optical detection of at least one object (112) is proposed. The detector (110) comprises: —at least one transfer device (120), wherein the transfer device (120) comprises at least two different focal lengths (140) in response to at least one incident light beam (136); —at least two longitudinal optical sensors (132), wherein each longitudinal optical sensor (132) has at least one sensor region (146), wherein each longitudinal optical sensor (132) is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of the sensor region (146) by the light beam (136), wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam (136) in the sensor region (146), wherein each longitudinal optical sensor (132) exhibits a spectral sensitivity in response to the light beam (136) in a manner that two different longitudinal optical sensors (132) differ with regard to their spectral sensitivity; wherein each optical longitudinal sensor (132) is located at a focal point (138) of the transfer device (120) related to the spectral sensitivity of the respective longitudinal optical sensor (132); and —at least one evaluation device (150), wherein the evaluation device (150) is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position and/or at least one item of information on a color of the object (112) by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal of each longitudinal optical sensor (132). Thereby, a simple and, still, efficient detector for an accurate determining of a position and/or a color of at least one object in space is provided.
Abstract:
A detector (110) and a method for optically determining a position of at least one object (112). The detector (110) comprises at least one optical sensor (114) for determining a position of at least one light beam (134) and at least one evaluation device (164) for generating at least one item of information on a transversal position of the object (112) and at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object (112). The sensor (114) has at least a first electrode (126) and a second electrode (128). At least one photovoltaic material (130) is embedded in between the first electrode (126) and the second electrode (128). The first electrode (126) or the second electrode (128) is a split electrode (136) having at least three partial electrodes (140, 142, 144, 146). The detector and the method can determine three-dimensional coordinates of an object in a fast and efficient way.
Abstract:
A detector (110) for determining a position of at least one object (112), the detector (110) comprising: at least one GP transfer device (114) for imaging the object (112) into an image plane (116), the transfer device (114) having a focal plane (118), at least one longitudinal optical sensor (122), wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (122) has at least one sensor region (124), wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (122) is at least partially transparent, wherein the longitudinal optical sensor (122) is designed to generate at least one longitudinal sensor signal in a manner dependent on an illumination of sensor region (124) by at least one light beam propagating from the object to the detector (110), wherein the longitudinal sensor signal, given the same total power of the illumination, is dependent on a beam cross-section of the light beam in the sensor region (124); and at least one evaluation device (129), wherein the evaluation device (129) is designed to generate at least one item of information on a longitudinal position of the object (112) by evaluating the longitudinal sensor signal. Herein the at least one longitudinal optical sensor (122) comprises a focal longitudinal optical sensor (136), wherein the focal longitudinal optical sensor (136) at least substantially is arranged in the focal plane (118).