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US20090303574 BROADBAND TERAHERTZ RADIATION GENERATION AND DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD  
The invention relates to a broadband Terahertz (THz) radiation generation and detection system and method. THz radiation is generated by optical rectification of an ultrashort pump pulse of a first...
US20090296744 Laser Based Identification of Molecular Characteristics  
Enantiomers are characterized, identified, synthesized and/or modified with a shaped laser pulse. In another aspect of the present invention, binary shaping and circular polarization are employed...
US20090288754 LAYERED FILM FABRICATION METHOD, LAYERED FILM DEFECT DETECTION METHOD, LAYERED FILM DEFECT DETECTION DEVICE, LAYERED FILM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE  
When inspecting a defect of a layered film having a polarizer by using an inspection polarizing filter or an inspection phase difference filter, members to be arranged in the imaging optical path...
US20090279088 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASUREMENT OF A SPECIMEN WITH VACUUM ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT  
Various systems for measurement of a specimen are provided. One system includes a first optical subsystem, which is disposed within a purged environment. The purged environment may be provided by a...
US20090262349 ELECTROOPTIC PROBE FOR VECTOR MEASUREMENT OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD  
A device for measuring two components of an electromagnetic field in an analysis zone includes a light source for sending a polarized light beam into a polarization-maintaining optical fiber. The...
US20090262348 METHOD OF MODIFYING LIGHT WITH SILICONE (METH)ACRYLATE COPOLYMERS  
A method of modifying light is disclosed and includes: providing an optical element having an oriented polymer network of a silicone (meth)acrylate copolymer and exhibiting a first phase and a...
US20090257058 Method and Its Apparatus for Inspecting Defects  
A defect inspection apparatus is capable of inspecting an extremely small defect present on the top and edge surfaces of a sample such as a semiconductor substrate or a thin film substrate with...
US20090244537 OPTICAL SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM  
An optical system includes a light sending section that sends light to an object having a scattering medium and a lower medium positioned below the scattering medium, where the scattering medium...
US20090237662 REAL-TIME, HYBRID AMPLITUDE-TIME DIVISION POLARIMETRIC IMAGING CAMERA  
This disclosure relates to a real-time, hybrid amplitude-time division polarimetric imaging camera used to derive and calculate Stokes parameters of input light.
US20090237661 LASER DEVICE AND MICROSCOPE  
A laser device is equipped with an exciting optical system having a GaN semiconductor laser and a condensing lens; and a resonator having of a dichroic mirror and an output mirror, and a solid...
US20090237660 Reading Machine With Camera Polarizer Layers  
A reading machine includes an image input device including a lens and a polarizer disposed over the lens, a flash and a second polarizer disposed over the flash. The image input device also...
US20090236542 OPTICAL INSPECTION  
This invention relates to methods of determining physical characteristics of and identifying and locating defects in substrates, such as semiconductor wafers, optical thin films, display screens...
US20090231582 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF AN OBJECT  
The invention relates to a positioning method for determining the position and orientation of a mobile unit having a receiver ( 3 ′, whereby the receiver ( 3 ) is detected by a scanner ( 2 ),...
US20090213376 OPTICAL EQUIPMENT  
Optical equipment for detecting beams emitted from a sample by irradiating the sample with linear polarization according to an aspect of the present invention includes a wavelength-independent...
US20090213375 Optical method for the characterization of laterally-patterned samples in integrated circuits  
Disclosed is a method for characterizing a sample having a structure disposed on or within the sample, comprising the steps of applying a first pulse of light to a surface of the sample for...
US20090213374 Optical Characteristic Measuring Apparatus and Optical Characteristics Measuring Method  
An optical characteristic measuring apparatus includes an optical system 10 including first and second carrier retarders 24 and 32 having the retardations being known and differing from each...
US20090207408 System and method of aligning a sample  
A system and method of use thereof that enables determining and setting sample alignment based on the location of, and geometric attributes of a monitored image formed by reflection of an...
US20090189074 Detection of heavy oil using fluorescence polarization  
Viscous oil residues are located based on fluorescence polarization. Methods and apparatus in accordance with the invention may be integrated with autonomous and remotely operated undersea vehicles...
US20090180093 EVALUATION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND MEMORY MEDIUM  
A method of evaluating an imaging performance of a projection optical system, comprising a step of specifying a polarization change of the projection optical system, which represents a relationship...
US20090168062 Inspection Method and Apparatus, Lithographic Apparatus, Lithographic Processing Cell, and Device Manufacturing Method to Measure a Property of a Substrate  
A system is configured to measure two separately polarized beams upon diffraction from a substrate in order to determine properties of the substrate. Circularly or elliptically polarized light...
US20090153849 PLATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND PLATE INSPECTION METHOD  
A plate inspection system and a plate inspection method with which irregularities in phase difference caused in a retardation layer can be efficiently detected. The inspection system is for...
US20090147257 Low-Loss Polarized Light Diversion  
An optical sensor that provides lateral viewing while maintaining light polarization is disclosed according to one embodiment of the invention. The sensor includes a sensor body, at least one...
US20090141274 Polarization Dependent Loss Analyzer  
A polarization dependent loss measuring device and the method of using the same are disclosed. The device includes a light source, a sensor, and a controller. The light source generates a...
US20090135422 Visualizing Birefringent Structures in Samples  
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for viewing low-birefringence structures within samples directly, with the eye, in real-time. The sample is placed between an entrance polarizer and analyzer...
US20090135409 Optical waveguide rotator mechanism, birefringence-inducing element and polarization control devices employing either or both and methods of using same  
A fiber rotator mechanism for rotating a portion of an optical waveguide, specifically an optical fiber, about a longitudinal axis thereof comprises a motor having a tubular rotor through which the...
US20090128815 REMOTE CONTROL POINTING TECHNOLOGY WITH ROLL DETECTION  
A roll detection system is disclosed for detecting a roll angle of a light emitting apparatus around a longitudinal axis thereof. The light emitting apparatus preferably is a pointing device ( 2 )....
US20090128814 Modulated polarizer-based polarimeter, and method for determining the polarization state of an optical signal  
In one embodiment, a polarimeter includes a modulated polarizer, a detector and a processing system. The modulated polarizer is modulated at a modulation frequency and is configured to transmit a...
US20090116012 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION USING POLORIZED LIGHT  
Methods and apparatus for concentration determination using polarized light. The apparatus includes a first polarized light source having a first light source polarization axis and a second...
US20090109437 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING POLARIZATION STATE AND POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION IN PHOTONIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS  
A method and device capable of evaluating the specific values of the polarization state of the signal transmitted in a photonic transmission system for a number of frequencies of one or more of the...
US20090108185 Optoelectronic sensor and method for detecting objects with polarized light  
A method and apparatus for detecting objects has a sensor with a light source, a light receiver, and a light retroreflector between them. Light from the source is transmitted to the detector along...
US20090079982 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STOKES POLARIZATION IMAGING  
A device and a method for high-speed linear polarization imaging of a scene are disclosed. The device comprises a polarization modulator for modulating the polarization of light emitted from the...
US20090073441 Polarization-modulating element, illumination optical apparatus, exposure apparatus, and exposure method  
There is disclosed a polarization-modulating element for modulating a polarization state of incident light into a predetermined polarization state, the polarization-modulating element being made of...
US20090068757 APPARATUS, PROCESS AND KIT FOR DETECTING ANALYTES IN A SAMPLE  
The invention relates to an apparatus ( 100 ) for detecting analytes ( 26 ) in a sample comprising—a base carrier ( 10 ); —a multitude of sensor carriers ( 18 ) which are arranged on the base...
US20090066953 SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETER AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING APPARATUS  
In a spectroscopic ellipsometer, reflected light reflected on a measurement surface of a substrate is divided into a first polarized light being a linearly polarized component and a second...
US20090066951 Method for Evaluating an Optical Imaging Process  
A method includes calculating destructive interference conditions between two linearly s-polarized waves and between two linearly p-polarized waves, respectively, in dependence on varying...
US20090059227 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE POLARMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCATTERING MEDIA UTILISING POLARIZATION DIFFERENCE SENSING (PDS)  
A method for polarmetric analysis of scattering media. A first step involves directing stimulus from a linearly polarized stimulus source at a sample. A second step involves directing the stimulus...
US20090051916 Measuring Apparatus, Measuring Method, and Characteristic Measurement Unit  
A measuring apparatus includes a light intensity information acquisition section 40 that acquires light intensity information relating to a measurement light containing a given band component,...
US20090047014 Optical transmitting module and a method to sense a fluctuation of light emitted from the same  
An optical transmitter is disclosed. The transmitter provides, in addition to a semiconductor laser diode as a light source, a variable polarizer with a Farady rotator and a polarization analyzer...
US20090033936 Optical characteristic measuring apparatus and optical characteristic measuring method  
An optical characteristic measuring apparatus including a carrier retarder of which the retardation is known and a quarter-wave plate without wavelength dependence, wherein light emitted from a...
US20090015833 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE MEASUREMENT ACCURACY IN AN OPTICAL CD MEASUREMENT SYSTEM  
A method and a device are disclosed, with which an improvement of the measurement accuracy for the determination of structure data is possible. There is provided a device having a support table ( 4...
US20090015821 SCATTEROMETRY TARGET AND METHOD  
Embodiments of the invention include a SCOL targeting groups configured to increase target to target separation and thereby increase target utility to simultaneous exposures to multiple...
US20090009864 Layered Film Fabrication Method, Layered Film Defect Detection Method, Layered Film Defect Detection Device, Layered Film, and Image Display Device  
Provided are a layered film defect detection device capable of performing defect detection considering irregularities of optical performance of a phase difference layer constituting the layered...
US20090009859 Circular Dichroism Fluorescent Microscope  
According to a circular dichroism fluorescent microscope 100, in one embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to analyze, by using a small amount of a sample and directly in a living...
US20080316486 TARGET SUBSTANCE-DETECTING APPARATUS AND TARGET SUBSTANCE-DETECTING METHOD  
A target substance-detecting apparatus comprises a target substance-detecting element comprising metal structures, a light irradiation section for irradiating the target substance-detecting element...
US20080309937 Method and System for Identification of Changes in Fluids  
Method and system for identification of a changed state of a fluid with respect to a reference state of the same fluid, the fluid having an optical parameter changing with the change of the state...
US20080304061 Polarimetric Raman System and Method For Analysing a Sample  
A Raman method and system for analysing a sample including an excitation source emitting an incident light beam, a sample holder for mounting the sample, elements for focusing the incident light...
US20080291447 Optical Chromatic Aberration Correction and Calibration in Digital Cameras  
Methods and the corresponding device are presented for the correction of lateral chromatic aberration within a digital camera or other imaging device, using calibration approaches that do not...
US20080285034 Single-lens 3-D imaging device using a polarization-coded aperture maks combined with a polarization-sensitive sensor  
A device and method for three-dimensional (3-D) imaging using a defocusing technique is disclosed. The device comprises a lens, at least one polarization-coded aperture obstructing the lens, a...
US20080285033 Method and Device for Characterizing Analyte using Electro-Optically Modulated Surface Plasmon Resonance Based on Phase Detection  
A method and a device for detecting object properties using electro-optically modulated surface plasmon resonance (SPR) based on phase detection is disclosed. In the case of a surface plasmon...
US20080273200 MEASUREMENT METHOD, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD  
A measurement method of measuring a wavefront aberration of an optical system to be measured, comprising a first measurement step of measuring wavefronts of the optical system to be measured with...
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