摘要:
The mass spectrometer according to the present invention includes a light source for emitting pulse light including a plurality of wavelengths; an ionizer for ionizing molecules of a sample by irradiating the light from the light source to the sample; and a mass analyzer for separating ions ionized in the ionizer according to their mass to charge ratios. For the light source, one including a plurality of ultrashort pulse laser sources each emitting a wavelength different from others, and one emitting ultrashort pulse light including plural wavelengths ranging from the visible region to the infrared region generated by dispersing an ultrashort pulse light with continuous (white) spectrum can be used. Pulse lights having plural wavelengths ranging from near infrared to the ultraviolet region respectively share the role; i.e., one of them vaporizes the sample without fragmenting it, and another ionizes the vaporized sample with the single-photon process or two-photon (or multi-photon) process. This enables ionization of protein complexes as a whole contained in the sample, and enables mass analyses of them.
摘要:
The mass spectrometer according to the present invention includes a light source for emitting pulse light including a plurality of wavelengths; an ionizer for ionizing molecules of a sample by irradiating the light from the light source to the sample; and a mass analyzer for separating ions ionized in the ionizer according to their mass to charge ratios. For the light source, one including a plurality of ultrashort pulse laser sources each emitting a wavelength different from others, and one emitting ultrashort pulse light including plural wavelengths ranging from the visible region to the infrared region generated by dispersing an ultrashort pulse light with continuous (white) spectrum can be used. Pulse lights having plural wavelengths ranging from near infrared to the ultraviolet region respectively share the role; i.e., one of them vaporizes the sample without fragmenting it, and another ionizes the vaporized sample with the single-photon process or two-photon (or multi-photon) process. This enables ionization of protein complexes as a whole contained in the sample, and enables mass analyses of them.
摘要:
The present invention proposes a method of and system for analyzing samples (particularly, bio-samples), wherein the continuous spectrum white light pulse generated from an ultra-short optical pulse is used in a simple manner. By a system according to the invention, continuous spectrum white light pulses generated by converging ultra-short optical pulses on a point in a transparent substance 23 are dispersed into a spectrum of light by a dispersing element 25, and a plurality of objective wavelength components are separately selected by small reflection mirrors 37, masked mirrors or the like. The selected objective wavelength components are combined by the dispersing element 25 into a composite optical pulse containing the objective wavelength components. The composite optical pulse is irradiated onto the bio-sample 28 or other samples, whereby only the desired fluorescent substances are excited by the objective wavelength components corresponding to them. The selected objective wavelength components may preferably have different light path lengths. By this construction, the component optical pulses corresponding to the objective wavelengths in the composite optical pulse are separated from each other, so that the noise due to the interference of different wavelength components is prevented.
摘要:
The invention provides an optical microscope that prevents an increase in the complexity of the light source system and is equipped with optics readily capable of adequate operation even when the modulation frequency is increased in order to reduce the impact of the intensity noise of the laser, etc. This optical microscope 100 irradiates a sample 6 with a first train of optical pulses having a first optical frequency, which is generated by a first light source, and a second train of optical pulses having a second optical frequency, which is temporally synchronized with the first train of optical pulses and is generated by a second light source, and detects light scattered from the sample 6. The repetition frequency of the train of optical pulses generated by the first light source is an integral sub-multiple of the repetition frequency of the train of optical pulses generated by the second light source.
摘要:
The invention provides an optical microscope that prevents an increase in the complexity of the light source system and is equipped with optics readily capable of adequate operation even when the modulation frequency is increased in order to reduce the impact of the intensity noise of the laser, etc. This optical microscope 100 irradiates a sample 6 with a first train of optical pulses having a first optical frequency, which is generated by a first light source, and a second train of optical pulses having a second optical frequency, which is temporally synchronized with the first train of optical pulses and is generated by a second light source, and detects light scattered from the sample 6. The repetition frequency of the train of optical pulses generated by the first light source is an integral sub-multiple of the repetition frequency of the train of optical pulses generated by the second light source.
摘要:
An overheat protection device for a movable body surface includes a thermal fuse having a fuse element which melts at a predetermined temperature, bridges electrodes in a pair and melts at a temperature equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature to break an electrical connection between the pair of electrodes, and a pair of long elastic bodies, to each of which one of the electrodes is electrically connected at an end or its periphery of the elastic body through a lead. At least one of pairs of upper surfaces and lower surfaces of the elastic bodies are spatially on a same plane.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for narrowing a spectral width that can also be adapted to an ultrashort optical pulse emitted from a wavelength tunable light source, and that can provide an output optical pulse with a narrow spectral width and a low noise component, and an optical element and a light source device that use the method for narrowing a spectral width. The method includes using an optical waveguide member (2) to cause a soliton effect in an input optical pulse (1) within the optical waveguide member (2), thereby narrowing a spectral width of the input optical pulse (1) to provide an output optical pulse (3), the optical waveguide member (2) having dispersion characteristics such that the average of a second-order dispersion value (β2) with respect to the input optical pulse (1) is negative, and the absolute value of the second-order dispersion value (β2) increases in a propagation direction of the input optical pulse (1).
摘要:
A fixing apparatus for fixing an unfixed image on a recording material includes: a heating member having a conductive layer, that is rotatably provided; a pressure member that is rotatably provided and that is brought into press-contact with the heating member, thereby forms a fixing nip part to pass the recording material between the pressure member and the heating member; a heating unit that performs induction heating on the heating member via the conductive layer; a driving unit that rotates the heating member; and an attachment/separation unit that attaches or separates the heating member to/from the pressure member.
摘要:
A heating apparatus includes: an exciting coil provided in close vicinity of a heated body having a conductive layer; a capacitor connected serially or in parallel with the exciting coil; a switching element that generates a high frequency current by turning on/off a direct current and that supplies the high frequency current to the exciting coil and the capacitor; a specifying unit that specifies an electric value to be supplied to the exciting coil; an output unit that outputs, to the switching element, a driving signal to turn on the switching element for a period determined in correspondence with the specified electric value; a voltage detection unit that detects a flyback voltage value generated in a resonance circuit including the exciting coil and the capacitor; and an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality in the heated body based on the detected flyback voltage value.
摘要:
A marking method is provided which permits an easy detecting of the presence of a mark without using a specific reading apparatus, and is capable of avoiding a damage as well as a strength deterioration of an object material. The marking method comprises: preparing a marking object; converging, into the marking object, a laser beam having a wave length range so chosen that the laser beam can transmit through a material forming the marking object, and then effecting a multiple photon absorption; and moving a converging position of the laser beam, in a manner such that an area, whose refractive index is changed due to the multiple photon absorption, can form a diffraction pattern capable of diffracting a visible light.