US4983041A
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Spectroscopic apparatus for extremely faint light
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-10-25
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Granted: 1991-01-08
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Expires: 2008-10-25
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to a photo-counting Fourier spectroscopic apparatus which enables spectroscopic detection of extremely fine emission light seen in a living-body specimen or the like as bioluminescence, chemiluminescence, and fluoroescence from a living-body specimen. A light from a specimen which emits an extremely faint light is guided to an interferometer. A two-dimensional photon counter is used as an interference fringe detector. The two-dimensional photo counting device counts the number of incident photons to form an image. The obtained image is subjected to Fourier analysis to thereby obtain spectral information about the incident light. A double beam interferometer, a triangular common path interferometer, a Michelson interferometer and other interferometers are used.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumio Inaba
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 20:33
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01J; G01J3/00; G01J3/28; G01J3/45; G01J3/453; G01J3/4537; G01N; G01N21/00; G01N21/75; G01N21/76; G01N21/763
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
65 words
Fourier spectroscopic apparatus of a spatial interferogram type for extremely faint light comprising: a first optical system dividing an extremely faint light from a photon emitting source into two different light beams; a second optical system focusing interference fringes of the two different light beams; and a detector detecting focused interference fringes, the detector is a two-dimensional photon counter capable of detecting photon receiving positions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
65 words
Fourier spectroscopic apparatus of a spatial interferogram type for extremely faint light comprising: a first optical system dividing an extremely faint light from a photon emitting source into two different light beams; a second optical system focusing interference fringes of the two different light beams; and a detector detecting focused interference fringes, the detector is a two-dimensional photon counter capable of detecting photon receiving positions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
An extremely faint light spectroscopic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first optical system and said second optical system comprise a double beam interferometer including a polarizer, a Wallaston prism, an analyzer and a focusing lens.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
An extremely faint light spectroscopic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first optical system and said second optical system comprises a triangular common path interferometer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
An extremely faint light spectroscopic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first optical system and said second optical system comprise a Michelson interferometer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
An extremely faint light spectroscopic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first optical system and said second optical system comprise a square common path interferometer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
An extremely faint light spectroscopic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said two-dimensional photon counter comprises a combination of a two-dimensional photon counting tube and a low persistence visicon.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
An extremely faint light spectroscopic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said two-dimensional photon counter is a photon counting type image measuring device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
91 words
An extremely faint light spectroscopic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a spatial interferogram detected by said two-dimensional photon counter is divided into predetermined fine lengths in a direction vertical to an interference fringe thereof, a number of photons released into the divided fine lengths are integrated, the divided length is determined so that the divided fine length and the integrated total number of photons satisfy a predetermined relationship, and the total number of photons is subjected to Fourier transform with the divided length as a unit to obtain a spectra.
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