OPTICAL PROBE AND METHOD FOR IN SITU SOIL ANALYSIS

    公开(公告)号:US20230384476A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18231645

    申请日:2023-08-08

    IPC分类号: G01V8/02 G01N21/85

    摘要: An optical probe and method for analysing a soil located in an underground area are provided. The optical probe includes a probe head insertable into the underground area, the probe head including a transparent wall defining a hollow chamber within the probe head; a light source mounted in the hollow chamber, configured to generate an illumination beam towards the soil, the illumination beam passing through the transparent wall to irradiate the soil, thereby producing a resulting light emanating from the soil, a portion of the resulting light returning towards the probe head and being guided in the transparent wall by total internal reflection along the optical path; a detector configured to receive the portion of the resulting light and outputting an output signal representative of characteristic(s) of the soil; and an optical element guiding the portion of the resulting light from the transparent wall to the detector.

    Optical probe and method for in situ soil analysis

    公开(公告)号:US11808913B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US17277148

    申请日:2019-09-18

    IPC分类号: G01V8/02 G01N21/85 G01N21/31

    摘要: An optical probe and method for analysing a soil located in an underground area are provided. The optical probe includes a probe head insertable into the underground area, the probe head including a transparent wall defining a hollow chamber within the probe head; a light source mounted in the hollow chamber, configured to generate an illumination beam towards the soil, the illumination beam passing through the transparent wall to irradiate the soil, thereby producing a resulting light emanating from the soil, a portion of the resulting light returning towards the probe head and being guided in the transparent wall by total internal reflection along the optical path; a detector configured to receive the portion of the resulting light and outputting an output signal representative of characteristic(s) of the soil; and an optical element guiding the portion of the resulting light from the transparent wall to the detector.

    OPTICAL PROBE AND METHOD FOR IN SITU SOIL ANALYSIS

    公开(公告)号:US20210356622A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-18

    申请号:US17277148

    申请日:2019-09-18

    IPC分类号: G01V8/02 G01N21/85

    摘要: An optical probe and method for analysing a soil located in an underground area are provided. The optical probe includes a probe head insertable into the underground area, the probe head including a transparent wall defining a hollow chamber within the probe head; a light source mounted in the hollow chamber, configured to generate an illumination beam towards the soil, the illumination beam passing through the transparent wall to irradiate the soil, thereby producing a resulting light emanating from the soil, a portion of the resulting light returning towards the probe head and being guided in the transparent wall by total internal reflection along the optical path; a detector configured to receive the portion of the resulting light and outputting an output signal representative of characteristic(s) of the soil; and an optical element guiding the portion of the resulting light from the transparent wall to the detector.