A semiconductor laser device (2) is placed on a first heating-cooling device (1). A probe holder (4) is attached on a second heating-cooling device (3). A measurement probe (8) is fixed to a distal end of the probe holder (4). A fine movement table (9) moves the second heating-cooling device (3) and the probe holder (4) so that a distal end of the measurement probe (8) contacts the semiconductor laser device (2). An inspection apparatus (10) inputs an inspection signal to the semiconductor laser device (2) through the measurement probe (8).

A method for installing at least one optical element in an interior space of a housing includes: clamping a sensor assembly in an interior of the housing in at least one radial clamping direction extending perpendicularly to a centering axis using at least one elastic body, wherein the sensor assembly comprises at least one optical elements, wherein each respective elastic body is inserted into a recess, which extends parallel to the centering axis and is open towards the interior space, and is clamped there such that each of the at least one elastic bodies exerts a clamping force acting in the respective radial clamping direction on an outer edge of each of the at least one optical elements of the assembly adjacent thereto in the interior space of the housing and to be clamped in the housing.

The present disclosure provides a sensing package. The sensing package includes a carrier configured to face an object to be inspected and an emitter disposed adjacent to the carrier. The emitter is configured to emit a first light propagating in a first direction. The sensing package further includes a component configured to change the first light into a second light propagating in a second direction different from the first direction. An optical module and a method for detecting light are also provided.

A sample imaging device includes a side illumination unit, a two window sample chamber, and refractive index matching. An optically transparent sample holder is in the sample well as is sample immersion fluid. The refractive index matching includes matching of the refractive index of material of a sample to be imaged.

This invention is capable of improving performance of a biochemical analyzer and facilitating the maintenance. A light source includes: a first LED that emits ultraviolet light and a second LED that has a light emission spectrum different from that of the first LED, the first LED and the second LED being disposed in parallel; a reflection surface that is opposite to the first LED and reflects light of the first LED; and a dichroic surface that is opposite to the second LED, reflects light of the first LED, and allows light of the second LED to penetrate. When an optical member including the dichroic surface is made to be the dichroic prism, the reflection surface reflects light of the first LED to the second LED side, and by using light source of a configuration having a light shielding unit between a light emission surface of the second LED and a dichroic prism, entering of a light emitted from the plural LEDs as a one light beam (beam) to an optical system of latter stage of the biochemical analyzer is enabled.

A maintenance method of a gas detecting device includes the following steps: providing the gas detecting device that includes a shell component, a sensing component, a dust blocking element, and a detecting area, the sensing component including a sensor, a reference light source, and a processor, and the dust blocking element including a cover; the reference light source generating a reference beam projecting toward the cover and the detecting area, and the reference beam generating a feedback beam projecting toward the cover and the sensor through being reflected by a part of the shell component positioned at the detecting area; the sensor receiving the feedback beam to generate a measured information; and the processor comparing the measured information to an initial information in the processor, so as to obtain a pollution degree information of the cover.

A screening test paper reading system includes a reading and light illumination unit which has a reading device and a light illumination device, a screening test paper having a reaction zone arranged thereon for reacting chemically with a number of specific specimens and change its color accordingly, an optical analyzing unit connected to the reading and light illumination unit, and analyzing spectrum signals of a screened line image received from a reaction zone on a screening test paper. Notably, the reading device reads spectrum signals of an reflected image from the screened line after illuminated in the reaction zone and then transmits the spectrum signals of the reflected image subsequently to the optical analyzing unit for computing and analyzing.

An optical measurement device and an optical measurement method are provided. The optical measurement device includes a test backplane, a light emitter, a center point detector and a movement device. The movement device is provided on the test backplane, and configured to carry a to-be-tested sample. The light emitter is configured to display a first center point on the to-be-tested sample, and the first center point corresponds to a center point of the test backplane. The center point detector is configured to detect a second center point and display the second center point on the to-be-tested sample, and the second center point is a center point of the to-be-tested sample. The movement device is further configured to move the to-be-tested sample, such that the first center point and the second center point coincide with each other.

A detection apparatus and a detection method. The detection apparatus includes: a main body, a detection assembly, and a detection object receiving portion. The detection assembly includes: a signal transmitter, configured to transmit detection signals; a signal receiver, configured to receive at least part of the detection signals transmitted by the signal transmitter; and a detection connection portion, connected to the signal transmitter and the signal receiver and causing the signal transmitter and the signal receiver to be spaced from each other by the detection connection portion. The detection object receiving portion is configured to receive a detection object. The detection object receiving portion and the detection assembly are relatively movably arranged on the main body so as to allow the detection object received by the detection object receiving portion to be located in a transmission path of the detection signals between the signal transmitter and the signal receiver.

The present disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for performing an assay on a dry slide or other solid media using a reduced reading window. In an embodiment, method of performing at least one assay comprises obtaining an image of a fluid sample located on a dry slide, positioning a reading window to correspond to an area of the fluid sample in the image, determining an interference area within the reading window based on light intensity, reducing the reading window to eliminate the interference area from the reading window, and performing at least one assay using the reduced reading window.