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Designs, implementations, and techniques for optically measuring a sample to obtain spectral absorbance map of the sample. Light at different wavelength bands may be used to detect different absorption features in the sample. Multiple light sources may be used including tunable lasers.
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This application describes designs, implementations, and techniques for controlling propagation mode or modes of light in a common optical path, which may include one or more waveguides, to sense a sample.
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Designs, implementations, and techniques for optically measuring a sample to obtain spectral absorbance map of the sample. Light at different wavelength bands may be used to detect different absorption features in the sample. Multiple light sources may be used including tunable lasers.
摘要:
This application describes designs, implementations, and techniques for controlling propagation mode or modes of light in a common optical path, which may include one or more waveguides, to sense a sample.
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This application describes designs, implementations, and techniques for optically monitoring glucose levels of patients without taking blood samples.
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An electrically controllable azimuth optical rotator (10) includes a first quarterwave plate (16) for receiving a first beam of electromagnetic energy (22) having a first arbitrary polarization state, and outputting a second beam (122) in response to the first quarterwave plate (16). An electric voltage controlled ferro-electric variable phase retarder (20) aligned at approximately 45 degrees to the first quarterwave plate (16) receives the second beam 122 and provides a third beam 38 in response to the retarder (20). The electric voltage controlled ferro-electric variable phase retarder (20) is characterized by a phase shift of &phgr;=2&agr;, where &agr; is a desired angle of rotation of the first arbitrary polarization state. To provide a voltage-controlled rotation, a second quarterwave plate (18) is aligned either parallel or perpendicular to the first quarterwave plate (16) for receiving the third beam (38) and outputting a fourth beam (46) in response to the retarder (20). As a result, the fourth beam (46) has a polarization state similar to the first arbitrary polarization state but rotated by &agr;.
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A light beam deflector comprising a modified asymmetric Fabry-Perot (Gires-Tournois) etalon having a back reflecting and electrically conducting mirror and a front partially transmitting mirror spaced apart by an electro-optic material, there also being a transparent sheet resistor between the electro-optic material and the front mirror. The invention further comprises a pair of electrodes contacting two generally parallel edges of the transparent sheet resistor so that if different voltages are applied between the electrodes with respect to the back conducting mirror, a front to back electric field which varies in a linear manner from one electrode to the other will be produced. By utilizing an electro-optic material with either a linear longitudinal electro-optic effect or one having a linearized quadratic electro-optic effect, a linear variation of refractive index in the material will be produced between the electrodes, further resulting in a linear phase shift across a light beam impinging on the front and undergoing multiple reflections inside the electro-optic material and still further resulting in an overall deflection of the reflected beam.
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This application describes designs, implementations, and techniques for controlling propagation mode or modes of light in a common optical path, which may include one or more waveguides, to sense a sample.
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Techniques, apparatus and systems that use an optical probe head to deliver light to a target and to collect light from the target for imaging, monitoring, medical diagnostics and medical treatment applications.
摘要:
This application describes designs, implementations, and techniques for controlling propagation mode or modes of light in a common optical path, which may include one or more waveguides, to sense a sample.