Optics: measuring and testing – By polarized light examination – With polariscopes
Patent
1986-04-22
1989-11-21
Rosenberger, Richard A.
Optics: measuring and testing
By polarized light examination
With polariscopes
356364, G01N 2121
Patent
active
048818186
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for forming a differential image of a specimen is disclosed. The two images whose difference is used to generate the differential image are made by illuminating said specimen with polarized light, each image corresponding to illuminating the specimen with light of a different polarization. The intensity of the differential image at each point is related to the difference in intensities observed when the point in question is illuminated with light having the different polarizations divided by the sum of said observed intensities. The present invention includes a light source for illuminating the image with polarized light having a polarization which oscillates between first and second preselected states of polarization, said oscillations occurring at a predetermined frequency. The intensity of light leaving each of a preselected plurality of points on the specimen is measured as a function of time by a light detecting apparatus which generates an electrical signal which is related to the intensity of light at the preselected point in question. This electrical signal is used as input to a lock-in amplifier referenced to said predetermined frequency. The output of this amplifier is related to the difference in intensity of the two images at the preselected point in question. The present invention measures the output of the lock-in amplifier and the time averaged input signal to the lock-in amplifier at each of the preselected points and displays the ratio of said output to the time averaged input to the lock-in amplifier as a two dimensional image.
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Beach David
Bustamante Carlos
Husher Frederick K.
Rosenberger Richard A.
The University of New Mexico
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