Optics: measuring and testing – By polarized light examination – With polariscopes
Patent
1991-06-26
1993-10-26
Rosenberger, Richard A.
Optics: measuring and testing
By polarized light examination
With polariscopes
356124, G01N 2123
Patent
active
052570924
ABSTRACT:
A polarization and birefringence measuring device has an optical source which causes a wide polarized light beam to impinge on a specimen. A photodetecting sensor having picture elements in two dimensions detects a light beam containing information about the specimen. A analyzer is situated in front of the photodetecting sensor and rotated to vary the amount of light which is transmitted. A frame memory memorizes the intensity of each picture element in the photodetecting sensor, and a computer determines the polarization state of parts of the specimen coresponding to the intensity of each picture element sampled. The computer samples the output of the photodetecting sensor when the rotation angle of the analyzer has reached a specified value, and this is memorized by the frame memory. As it may be assumed that the intensity variation of the light beam produced by the rotation of the analyzer is sinusoidal, its polarization state for each picture element can be found by performing no less than three measurements.
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Ishikawa Tsuyoshi
Noguchi Masato
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
Rosenberger Richard A.
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