Abstract:
When a piezoelectric element 3 applies an external force to a plastic photonic crystal, the photonic crystal deforms, and accordingly, the photonic band gap easily changes. When the photonic band gap changes, transmission of light with a specific wavelength is limited. Therefore, light with a desired wavelength is outputted from the photonic crystal 2 upon sufficient tuning, and extracted to the outside through an output window 6. In the present invention, a plastic photonic crystal 2 which can achieve sufficient wavelength tuning although it is small is used, and elements are unitized, so that the entire wavelength tunable light source unit is downsized.
Abstract:
A photonic crystal 2 with plasticity is arranged by making microspheres of silica or barium titanate or air bubbles be contained in a gel substance. When an external force is applied to this photonic crystal, photonic crystal 2 deforms and the photonic band gap is readily changed thereby. When the photonic band gap changes, the passage of light of a specific wavelength is restricted. Light of a desired wavelength is thus output from photonic crystal 2. With this invention, this wavelength can be varied readily by means of an external force.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring the temporal correlation of fundamental particles such as photons, neutrons, X-rays or the like, comprising at least one deflector for sweeping the fundamental particles or images thereof in at least one direction, an aperture member having at least two apertures for time-divisionally extracting the swept fundamental particles or the images thereof, multiplication means, such as dynode groups or photomultipliers, for multiplying each of the extracted fundamental particles or the images thereof and a correlator for performing correlating arithmetic operations on the basis of each output signal from the multiplication means.
Abstract:
An alpha-ray image detecting apparatus detects the image of alpha-rays emitted from nuclides of a substance by analyzing the electrons emitted from the substance. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber having a layer of fluorescent material at one end and an electronic optical system for multiplying the emitted electrons and focusing the emitted electrons on the fluourescent layer.
Abstract:
To provide a tool changer of a machine tool that makes it possible to surely execute machining as designated in a machining program without any need for the editing of the machining program or the replacement of tools and without complicating the device structure. The tool changer 11 includes a tool correspondence table A showing a correspondence relation between a program-designated tool T0001 designated in a machining program O0001 and an actual use tool T0003 actually used according to the machining contents designated in the machining program, wherein the actual use tool corresponding to the program-designated tool is found by using the tool correspondence table A and the found actual use tool is decided as a subsequent process tool.
Abstract:
An image reconstructing apparatus wherein the object under examination is irradiated in at least one direction to provide projection data, and the provided projection data is optically processed to form a reconstructed image representing the internal information of the object. An image associated with the projection data is formed and stored in the storage medium. The stored image is optically read out of the storage medium. The read out stored image which corresponds to one direction of irradiation is integrated at a time to produce sum data. The sum data and projection data corresponding to the same direction of irradiation are compared to form correction data. An image associated with the correction data is formed and optically superposed on the stored image in the storage medium corresponding to the same direction of irradiation, to produce the reconstructed image.
Abstract:
An SHG autocorrelator for use in measuring the duration of an ultrashort pulse of light includes in one embodiment a thin pellicle beamsplitter for splitting the pulse of light into first and second beams, a stationary optical delay disposed along the path of the first beam, a movable optical delay disposed along the path of the second beam, a thin SHG crystal, a concave mirror for bringing the first and second beams to focus into the SHG crystal, a photodetector for detecting light emitted from the SHG crystal, and a narrow bandpass filter in front of the photodetector for filtering out non second harmonic light. The device reduces time broadening and delay of ultrashort pulses in the femtosecond time domain.
Abstract:
An apparatus for optically measuring a three-dimensional surface shape and inner structure of a three-dimensional object without destruction of the object. When a light pulse having a short pulse width is applied to the object, there are observed a flux of light pulses reflected from or transmitted through the object which has information on the three-dimensional surface shape and inner structure of the object. This apparatus optically measures and analyzes in the order of a picosecond the intensity distribution of the light pulses from the object with time and space, to thereby obtain a complete three-dimensional image of the object.
Abstract:
An apparatus for measuring transmission characteristics of a short optical fiber comprises a streak tube having a photoelectron-emitting surface for receiving through a connector light pulses transmitted simultaneously through a reference optical fiber and an optical fiber under test. The light pulses are generated by a laser and cause the streak tube to generate an optical output signal indicating time-wise changes in the luminance of the pulses transmitted through each of the optical fibers such that differences in light transmission characteristics between the reference optical fiber and the optical fiber under test may be determined.
Abstract:
A streak tube device for electrically slitting the image of an object provided by an optical system. The streak tube device includes a streak tube body having a photoelectric conversion device for receiving the object image and producing a corresponding electron image. The streak tube device further includes focusing apparatus for focusing the electron image, electrical slitting apparatus for transmitting a selected portion, that is, slit images of the electron image, apparatus for controlling the electrical slitting apparatus, and focusing apparatus for focusing slit images on a fluorescent surface included within the streak tube body. The electrical slitting apparatus of the streak tube device includes a slit member having a slit which extends across the streak tube body, shift electrodes for vertically shifting the transmitted electron image, and a circular collimator for collimating the shifted electron image and transmitting the collimated electron image through the slit to form a slit image.