Device for observing a biological sample in the infrared range

    公开(公告)号:US11639893B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US17678714

    申请日:2022-02-23

    摘要: A device for observing a biological sample is provided, including: a light source to emit a light beam at a wavelength between 1 μm and 20 μm; an image sensor including pixels defining a detection plane; a holder to hold the sample between the source and the sensor at a distance from the plane smaller than 1 mm, such that the source is configured to illuminate an area of the sample larger than 1 mm2, no image-forming optics are placed between the sample and the sensor, and the sensor is configured to acquire an image corresponding to an area of the sample larger than 1 mm2 and representative of an absorption of the beam by the sample at the wavelength; and a processor to determine a map of an amount of analyte in the sample, based on the image acquired by the sensor, the analyte absorbing light at the wavelength.

    Method for optimisation of detection wavelengths for multi-gas detection

    公开(公告)号:US10337986B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-02

    申请号:US15279955

    申请日:2016-09-29

    摘要: A method for optimizing values of n detection wavelengths of an optical gas sensor configured to detect n different gases is provided, including: a) calculating a value of a determinant of an absorptivity matrix ε whose coefficients represent spectral absorptivity of each of the n different gases at the n detection wavelengths, the calculating being repeated several times, each time modifying at least one of said n detection wavelengths so the values of said n detection wavelengths are comprised within a range of values for which the spectral absorptivity of at least one of the n different gases is non-zero; and b) determining the values of said n detection wavelengths for which the calculated value of the determinant of the absorptivity matrix ε corresponds to a maximum calculated value amongst a set of values calculated in step a).