Abstract:
It is described an opto-magnetic device sensible to the presence of an analyte in a sample, comprising: an integrated optical circuit (101) having an input (IN) for an input optical radiation and at least one output (OU) for an output optical radiation; said optical circuit defining an area (102) sensible to the variations of a local refraction index probed by the optical radiation, destined to come in contact with the sample; a plurality of probe molecules (105) such to anchor to at least said sensible area (102); a plurality of magnetic particles (107) such to anchor to molecules (106) of the analyte, bound to the probe molecules (105) upon a molecular recognition; a magnetic actuator (108) configured to generate a variable magnetic field and move in an oscillating way said magnetic particles (107) in order to cause a variation of the refraction index probed by the optical radiation in the sensible area (102) of the optical circuit (101), and a variation of at least one characteristic parameter of the output optical radiation correlated to a concentration of the molecules (106) of the analyte in the sample.
Abstract:
A non-destructive method for the condition assessment of a turbine component is provided. A pulsed laser is used to excite a desired surface of the turbine component by directing the pulsed laser at the desired surface to couple ultrasonic energy into the surface of the turbine component. A thermographic image of the desired surface under the influence of the ultrasonic is captured by an image receiver. A system for the non-destructive detection of defects in a material utilizing acoustic thermography is also provided. The system includes a pulsed laser to couple ultrasonic energy into the material, an infrared camera to capture the thermographic image, and a processor communicatively coupled to the infrared camera to receive, store, and analyze the thermographic image.
Abstract:
A method and system is disclosed for determining the integrity of a closed container. The method and system includes the steps of positioning the container in a surrounding, changing a gas pressure, a gas composition, a gas concentration, or any combination of gas pressure, gas concentration and gas composition, in the surrounding. Thereafter subjecting the container to an optical sensor, non-intrusively, the sensor being sensitive to at least one gas, and the sensor is configured for detecting the at least one gas inside the container. Reading a signal from the optical sensor related to a gas pressure, a gas concentration, a gas composition, or any combination of gas pressure, gas concentration, and gas composition, inside the container. The behaviour of the signal being indicative of breach in integrity of the container.
Abstract:
A chemical, biochemical or biological analysis system and method including: a surface acoustic wave (SAW) actuator (6) including a piezoelectric substrate (9) and at least one interdigital electrode (17) located on a working surface (11) of the piezoelectric substrate (9), the SAW actuator generating travelling SAWs in the working surface when an electrical signal is applied to the interdigital electrode; at least one reaction chamber (19) located on the working surface of the piezoelectric substrate; a light detector (16) for detecting luminescent, fluorescent or phosphorescent emissions within the reaction chamber; a reagent flow line (29) for providing a flow of reagent through the reaction chamber; a test sample supply line (29) for supplying a test sample to the reaction chamber; wherein the SAW actuator can generate travelling SAWs within the working surface to thereby induce chaotic micromixing, convective transport, concentration or combinations thereof of the test sample and the reagent contained within the reaction chamber.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un dispositif de photoréflectance (1) pour la caractérisation d'une surface rugueuse comportant : - Des moyens d'émission (2) d'un faisceau pompe (3); - Des moyens d'émission (8) d'un faisceau sonde (11); - Des moyens de détection (14) du faisceau sonde réfléchi par la surface; - Une sphère intégrante (13) apte à collecter le faisceau sonde réfléchi par la surface, la sphère intégrante comportant : - une première sortie (15) reliée aux moyens de détection (14), et disposée de façon à recevoir une majorité du faisceau sonde (11) réfléchi par la surface (4); - une deuxième sortie (16) agencée de façon à recevoir une majorité du faisceau pompe (3) réfléchi par la surface.
Abstract:
An electromagnetic wave pulse measuring device, includes an elastic vibration wave generating section which irradiates a predetermined area of a sample with an elastic vibration wave, an electromagnetic wave pulse generating section which irradiates the predetermined area, which is irradiated with the elastic vibration wave, with an electromagnetic wave pulse, and an electromagnetic wave pulse detecting section which measures a waveform of the electromagnetic wave pulse modulated in the predetermined area by the elastic vibration wave. The timing at which the electromagnetic wave pulse detecting section measures the waveform of the electromagnetic wave pulse is a timing at which a phase angle of the elastic vibration wave has a predetermined value when the elastic vibration wave generating section generates the elastic vibration wave.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for lasing molecular gases, and systems and methods of detecting molecular species are provided. The systems and methods can include the use of an excitation laser (820) tuned to a wavelength associated with oxygen or nitrogen. The lasing-can occur in both the forward and reverse directions relative to the excitation laser beam (822). Reverse lasing can provide a laser beam (824) that propagates back toward the excitation laser source (820), and can provide a method for remote sampling of molecular species contained in the air with a dichroic beam splitter (835) and detector (830). For example, systems and methods of detecting a molecular species of interest can be achieved by using the properties of the backward or forward propagating air laser to indicate a change in a pulse from the source of laser pulses caused by a modulation laser (810) tuned to interact with the molecular species of interest by changing the properties of the air by heating or multi-photon ionization of a Raman interaction.
Abstract:
An imaging system for an object such as human or animal tissue applies acoustic vibrations localised in two or three dimensions and simultaneously illuminates the object with an illuminating electromagnetic wave. The acoustic vibration comprises a carrier wave that is amplitude modulated by an AM waveform. The carrier wave is selected to provide the localization of the acoustic vibration, whereas the AM waveform includes a frequency component selected to provide a vibration of the object of greater magnitude than the carrier wave. To detect a Doppler component shifted by the frequency of said frequency component of the AM waveform, a signal processing apparatus comprises a phase locked-loop locked to the EM frequency, producing a frequency-demodulated signal comprising the set of the Doppler components, and a lock-in amplifier configured to extract a signal at a reference frequency equal to the frequency of a frequency component of the AM waveform.
Abstract:
Method and a system for detecting the presence and/or determining the concentration of certain analytes. The method consists of receiving in a measurement chamber a sample comprising a target analyte, wherein the measurement chamber includes an electrode pair (42a-b), in which at least one of the electrodes (42a) is compatible with optical measurements, acting as a light sensitive sensor connected to an optical analyzer (32); applying an oscillating actuation field (e.g. magnetic, electromagnetic, mechanic) to the measurement chamber (12), the applied field oscillating with a first frequency; measuring a target electrical impedance of the electrode pair (42a-b), the impedance indicative of a change of position of the target analyte (60) in response to applying the oscillating actuation field, wherein measuring the target electrical impedance comprises applying an electrical signal to the electrode pair (42a-b), the electrical signal oscillating with a second frequency distinct from the first frequency; measuring a target optical parameter, e.g. the intensity of the emitted light of the target analyte in response to applying the oscillating actuation field, wherein measuring the target, the intensity of the emitted light comprises applying an electromagnetic signal to the target analyte, the electromagnetic signal (e.g. light); determining a frequency component of the target electrical or/and optical parameter of the electrode pair at the first frequency; and determining a concentration of the target analyte according to the frequency component of the target electrical or/and optical parameter.
Abstract:
Proposed is a detection device capable of improving detection sensitivity. The detection device (1) is provided with: an conferral means (10) which confers the local site of a sample (SPL) with oscillating waves; an augmentation means (20) which applies a quasi-electrostatic field to all or a part of the sample (SPL) and augments the oscillation energy of the carrier obtained by the sample (SPL) by polarization at the local site; and a detection means (30) for detecting the carrier of which the oscillation energy is augmented by the augmentation means (20). The wider induction of polarization at the locality of the sample (SPL) by the augmentation means (20) in this detection device (1) enables the detection of the carrier without strengthening the output of the oscillating waves.