Abstract:
In a recording spectrophotometer the ordinate of the plotter-scriber is controlled by the output of a photomultiplier while the abscissa of the plotter-scriber is controlled by a selectable mode manually adjusted controller.In one mode, the controller furnishes a time base signal of selected rate of change, so that the abscissa of the plotter-scriber varies with the passage of time in accordance with said rate of change.In aother mode, the controller furnishes a stepping signal of selected periodicity, for application to a stepping motor, which changes the wavelength adjustment of the spectrophotometer at a rate determined by the selected periodicity. The spectrophotometer furnishes to the plotter-scriber an analog voltge varying with the instantaneous wavelength setting of the spectrophotometer, so that the abscissa of the plotter-scriber correspondingly varies with the instantaneous value of the wavelength.A common manually adjusted digital setting means is used for adjusting either the said selected rate of change of the time base or the said selected periodicity of the stepping signal.
Abstract:
A scanning monochromator or spectrometer having a reflecting grating whose curvature in the meridian plane is equal to the curvature of a circle upon which the source, detecting means and grating lie and whose lines are ruled with a frequency which varies systematically and directly in proportion to the distance of the lines from a point of origin on the track as determined by the geometry of the equipment, and gratings therefor.
Abstract:
A fast spectroscopic analyzer wherein chopped infrared light is passed through a sample cell, a rotating variable filter and to a detector. The angular position of the filter corresponds to various wave lengths of light and is used to synchronize a recording system, recording signals of interest.
Abstract:
A spectrometer having an entrance aperture, at least one collimating mirror, a prism and an echelle grating which is so mounted to provide rotation in two directions thereby providing adjustment of the vertical and horizontal components of the dispersed energy in the exit focal plane.
Abstract:
An apparatus and means are disclosed for producing a compensating filter to be used in a spectrophotometer to compensate for variations in intensity of the various wavelengths in a particular light source and to compensate for the spectral response of the optical components in the spectrophotometer so that when the filter is used therein the filtered spectrum of the light source produces a photodetector output that is substantially constant with wavelength. A method utilizing the filter is disclosed to record the spectrophotometry of the light rays from an object.
Abstract:
This disclosure describes optical systems that have output beams that are spatially invariant to the angle of incidence upon a certain rotatable surface forming a part of the systems, and can be used to select the wavelength of the output of an optical source, such as a laser cavity, or to aid in measuring the reflectance of a material in reflectance spectroscopy. The optical systems comprise various combinations of plane mirrors and plane diffraction gratings (or sample surfaces), in some embodiments, spherical mirrors. The plane mirrors, plane gratings and spherical mirrors are either rotated or fixed in space in accordance with a particular embodiment. The moveable suitable movement mechanism, such as a micrometer. By rotating the shaft of the micrometer to a particular incidence angle, the frequency of the output of a laser cavity can be selected. Alternately, the reflectance of a material can be observed for a particular angle. In either case, the output beam remains spatially invariant as the position of the shaft and its attached elements is changed.
Abstract:
A scanning spectrometer having means for scanning entrance slit images across an exit slit. A predetermined spectrum is recorded photographically or magnetically, and means synchronized with the scanning means is provided for obtaining correlation signals from the recorded spectrum. The correlation signals are precisely synchronized with the scanning means, and are used for correlation with the light passing through the exit slit.