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5585919 Error minimization apparatus and method for real-time spectral deconvolution of chemical mixtures  
An apparatus and method are described for determining the relative concentrations of the N constituent chemical components of a chemical combination. The spectral response, C i , of the composite...
5579106 Method and apparatus for providing astigmatism-reduced images with spectroscopic instruments  
An apparatus for providing an astigmatically-reduced image with a spectroscopic instrument is disclosed which comprises a collimator which collimates electromagnetic radiation; a cylindrical mirror...
5578818 LED point scanning system  
An LED point imaging scanner for stimulating and for reading fluorescent and reflective signal radiation from a target sample is disclosed. The LED light source is mounted on a scan head and is...
5565983 Optical spectrometer for detecting spectra in separate ranges  
A spectrometer includes a pair of crossed reflective gratings to effect a spectrally dispersed beam that is focussed to an array detector. The second grating is a plural grating with a surface...
5559597 Spectrograph with multiplexing of different wavelength regions onto a single opto-electric detector array  
An optical spectrograph utilizes a plurality of holographic transmission optical gratings operative to receive an incoming source of light to be analyzed and diffract the light such that different...
5557404 Spectrophotometer with a system for calibrating a monochromator  
Irregular mechanical imperfections caused by constituent parts of a monochromator in connection with wavelength setting are compensated by calibrating the monochromator according to the present...
5532818 Difference dispersive double-path monochromator having wavelength-independent imaging point  
Incoming light is reflected by a first parabolic mirror for incidence as parallel rays of light on a diffraction grating, the reflected light therefrom is incident on a second parabolic mirror, and...
5533145 Continuous two dimensional monitoring of thin webs of textile materials  
An apparatus monitors a web of textile material which is also processed by a textile processing machine. The web is in motion relative to an imaging unit, and the imaging unit repetitively scans at...
5528363 Integrated device for instantaneous detection and identification of an entity  
This integrated device for instantaneously carrying out qualitative and quantitative identification of one or more physicochemical entities contained in or on a sample and capable of producing one...
5517302 Multispectral reflectometer  
A reflectometer for measuring absorption of light in selected regions of the light spectrum by a diffuse reflector. The reflectometer is adapted to precisely measure absorption resulting from the...
5506149 Spectroanalytical system and method  
A spectroanalytical system includes housing structure with vent structure open to the atmosphere; radiation dispersing apparatus in the housing structure for dispersing radiation into a spectrum...
5504575 SLM spectrometer  
A SLM spectrometer is provided that employs an entrance slit or a collimator to provide parallel rays of radiation to a prism which disperses the incident radiation into an associated wavelength...
5497230 Spectroradiometer  
Light having a wavelength equal to or less than the cut-off wavelength of a sharp-cut filter is cut off so that an output of a photo-sensitive device corresponds to a stray light component when a...
5497231 Monochromator having an oscilliating mirror beam-diffracting element for spectrometers  
The monochromator has, as a beam-diffracting element, a scanning mirror (3) which is fastened on a vibratory spring, preferably a spring-steel strap (8), clamped on one side. The vibratory spring...
5495331 Dual-beam polychromator  
The present invention refers to a dual-beam polychromator comprising a reflecting dispersion grating, a first entrance slit for a first ray bundle, a second entrance slit for a second ray bundle...
5495332 Arrangement for sensing the wavelength shift of light from a polychromatic light source  
An arrangement for sensing the wavelength shift of light from a polychromatic light source features a tilted concave holographic reflection grating that diffracts light from the light source and...
5493393 Planar waveguide spectrograph  
A spectrograph usable as a demultiplexer/detector in a wavelength division multiplexing optical system. The spectrograph comprises a planar waveguide and a detector array. The planar waveguide has...
5491344 Method and system for examining the composition of a fluid or solid sample using fluorescence and/or absorption spectroscopy  
A method and system for examining the composition of a fluid or solid sample using fluorescence and/or absorption spectroscopy. In one embodiment, the system is adapted for use in examining liquid...
5489980 Apparatus for rapid and accurate analysis of the composition of samples  
An apparatus comprising two light sources, a composite detector, a fixed grating, two independent slits and a mask with a multiplicity of slits analyzes the spectral composition of samples rapidly...
5488474 Hadamard phasing in a multisource array  
An apparatus and method for minimizing the amplitude range in a time domain signal incorporating a plurality of periodic electromagnetic waves. One embodiment of the invention is a...
5485268 Multiplex spectroscopy  
Method and apparatus for analyzing energy emanating from a source by converting energy from the source into spectral components distributed according to frequency along a flat field, combining the...
5483339 Spectrophotometer and radiometric measurement apparatus  
A handheld portable spectrophotometer is provided including keys for input of instructions by a user, an illuminator for illuminating a sample, and a spectral analyzer for separating light...
5483337 Spectrometer with selectable radiation from induction plasma light source  
An atomic emission spectrometer includes an induction coupled plasma generator and a detector system for detecting the radiation relative to spectral wavelength. A first mirror is on the...
5477322 Spectrophotometer with light source in the form of a light emitting diode array  
In a spectrophotometer, a light source is provided in the form of a multiplicity of light emitting diodes which transmit light through an entrance slit to irradiate an oscillating grating. The...
5475212 Apparatus for imaging multiple radiation beams  
A radiation imaging method and system for use in various imaging techniques includes a source of radiation at first and second wavelengths. A first radiation target array receives the radiation...
5473427 Spectrophotometer  
A spectrophotometer using a charge coupled device array as an image receiver characterised in that an image of its entrance slit is tilted with respect to columns of pixels in the charge coupled...
5471321 Color image reading device  
A color image reading apparatus is provided with a line sensor, an imaging optical system and a blazed diffraction grating. A color image is read by the line sensor through a rotatable reflective...
5452085 Spectrographic astigmatism correction system  
An optical input system for correcting astigmatism introduced by off-axis reflectors in a spectrograph includes an aspheric mirror producing a correcting factor which compensates for the...
5448351 Echelle polychromator  
An Echelle polychromator 50 has disposed upstream thereof a pre-monochromator 14 comprising a prism 20. The linear dispersion of the pre-monochromator 14 is variable by varying the angular...
5446534 Broad band waveguide spectrometer  
A spectrometer for analyzing a sample of material utilizing a broad band source of electromagnetic radiation and a detector. The spectrometer employs a waveguide possessing an entry and an exit for...
5442440 Spectroscope  
A spectroscope or spectrometer for detecting a driving position of a main wavelength dispersive device using a diffraction line produced in that light from a light source having a narrow wavelength...
5438407 Spectrometer and apparatus including the spectrometer  
A wavelength sub-dispersive device receives light from a standard light source producing light having a narrow bandwidth and having an intensity greater than that of light to be detected. The...
5436723 Spectroscopic analysis  
A spectroanalytical system with radiation dispersing apparatus for dispersing radiation into a spectrum for concurrent application to an array of exit ports; sample excitation apparatus for...
5436720 Acousto-optical laser discriminator  
An apparatus, using two acousto-optical tuned filters for determining the wavelength and angle of approach of a light wave.
5434666 Acousto-optic spectral manipulator  
A spectrometer is adapted to observe discrete wavelengths or spectral regions of a sample. The spectrometer includes a light source having spectral characteristics depending on the presence of a...
5432334 Method and apparatus for imaging multiple radiation beams  
A radiation imaging method and system for use in various imaging techniques includes a source of radiation at first and second wavelengths. A first radiation target array receives the radiation...
5424827 Optical system and method for eliminating overlap of diffraction spectra  
An optical system and a method for separating overlapping spectra from a diffraction grating and an imaging spectrometer with increased free spectral range are disclosed. The light from a...
5424826 Wideband optical micro-spectrometer system  
A wideband optical micro-spectrometer system for detecting the intensity of light as a function of wavelength. The device employs multiple optical micro-spectrometers generating adjacent spectra...
5420681 Modular multiple spectral imager and spectral imager  
A multiple spectral imager includes three modular imaging spectrometers, each having a respective collimator, dispersing element, and imaging system. Each collimator includes a pair of parabolic...
5420682 Method and apparatus for compensating spectral data with a color sensor  
A method and apparatus for interpreting spectral data in an optical sensor for a variety of uses, such as the manufacture of paper. A probe is inserted into paper pulp during the manufacturing...
5416579 Method for determining concentration in a solution using attenuated total reflectance spectrometry  
A method for analyzing fluids, particularly the solute concentration in liquids which are dense or viscous and are only slightly transparent to light, which utilizes an attenuated total reflectance...
5416577 Color sensor for optically measuring consisting and brightness of materials  
A method and apparatus for normalizing spectral data for an optical sensor. The sensor is comprised of a probe, a color sensor, a series of reflective targets, and a data processing means. Before...
5412469 Optical spectrum analyzer and encoder using a modulated phase grating wherein said grating diffracts the wavelength as a function of the magnetic field  
An apparatus and method of wavelength detection and parameter sensing uses a variable magnetic field applied to a Faraday effect thin magnetizable film to perform spectral analysis based on...
5402227 High resolution multiple channel imaging spectrometer  
A high resolution multiple channel imaging spectrometer employing a pair of reflective gratings to create and separate, respectively, a spectrum of discrete spectral channels having high throughput...
5394237 Portable multiband imaging spectrometer  
A light-weight, portable spectroradiometer provides a real-time data acquisition capability from 0.3 μm to 3.0 μm with selectable integration periods, and operates through a Centronics parallel...
5384656 Astigmatism corrected gratings for plane grating and spherical mirror spectrographs  
A modified diffraction grating having a predetermined amount of astigmatic power correction is substituted for the plane diffraction grating in an Ebert type spectrograph having a single concave...
5374988 System for non-contact identification and inspection of color patterns  
An optical inspection system which inspects for the presence of color defects in a stream of material (e.g. carpeting, fabric, wall paper, printed matter, or a series of discrete objects) traveling...
5373359 Ellipsometer  
To sense characteristics of a sample, an ellipsometer includes a pivotal diffraction grating positioned to receive white light from the analyzer without further focusing of the light after the...
5371586 Low aberration diffraction grating system  
A light analysis system is disclosed and comprises a source of substantially collimated light to be analyzed. The source comprises a sample excited by a collimated laser light source, and further...
5369484 Multiple discrete analyzer test apparatus and method  
A computer based system for testing an optical monitoring system includes a program having program instruction and optical monitoring system parameters, for implementing a plurality of tests of an...