A line field optical coherence tomography (OCT) system and an absorption spectrometer system employing a tunable or swept laser architecture. The laser is a cat's-eye configuration with a preferably transmissive tilt tuned interference thin film filter.

A surveying instrument comprises a projection optical system for irradiating a distance measuring light which is a linearly-polarized light to an object to be measured, a light receiving optical system for receiving a reflected distance measuring light from the object to be measured, a polarization selecting module for selecting a polarization of the reflected distance measuring light received by the light receiving optical system and an arithmetic control module for controlling a distance measurement based on a light receiving result of the reflected distance measuring light, wherein the arithmetic control module is configured to give a material information to a distance measurement result of the object to be measured based on a change in light receiving amounts caused due to a selection of the polarization by the polarization selecting module.

An analyzer of a component in a sample fluid includes an optical source and an optical detector defining a beam path of a beam, wherein the optical source emits the beam and the optical detector measures the beam after partial absorption by the sample fluid, a fluid flow cell disposed on the beam path defining an interrogation region in the a fluid flow cell in which the optical beam interacts with the sample fluid and a reference fluid; and wherein the sample fluid and the reference fluid are in laminar flow, and a scanning system that scans the beam relative to the laminar flow within the fluid flow cell, wherein the scanning system scans the beam relative to both the sample fluid and the reference fluid.

A scan using a pulsed distance measuring light with two wavelengths of which reflectances are different with respect to a content of a nitrogen by a laser scanner, the two wavelengths are separated, lights are received, a distance measurement value and a light amount are detected for each pulsed distance measuring light and for each of the two wavelengths, a height of a crop is detected based on the distance measurement value, a received light amount ratio of the two wavelengths is detected, and a growth condition of the crop is detected based on the detected height and the received light amount ratio.

Systems and methods for analyzing samples, such as tissue samples, and measuring the emissions when these samples are exposed to light are disclosed. Embodiments include illuminating multiple target locations on a sample with laser light, which may first be manipulated by a scanner, and receiving decaying emissions from the target location. At least some embodiments include the emissions traveling backwards along a substantial portion of the laser light pathway and being received by a detector. Additional embodiments include converting the received emissions into streak lines of position versus time, converting the streak lines to plots of signal strength versus time, and curve fitting the plots to determine representative decay times. In some embodiments, the decay times are presented as plots of position on the surface of the sample versus emission strength, which may be color coded. Some embodiment dwell on each target location for multiple scans of the laser.

An embodiment includes a light source that generates measurement light including a first wavelength, a light source that generates stimulation light including a second wavelength, an optical coupling unit that is a WDM optical coupler including optical fibers branched between an output end and input ends, the input ends being optically coupled to an output of the light sources, and the WDM optical coupler combining the measurement light with the stimulation light and outputting the combination light from the output end, a photodetector that detects an intensity of reflected light from a DUT, a light irradiation and guide system that guides the combination light toward a measurement point on the DUT and guides the reflected light from the measurement point toward the photodetector, and a galvanometer mirror that moves the measurement point, and the optical fibers propagate light in a single mode for the first wavelength.

A light inspection system and method of the surface and inside of a sample. The system includes a light source generating a light beam to impinge on a sample; an imaging system obtaining an image of said sample and including a parabolic mirror with a hole to allow the passage of the light beam towards the sample, and the redirection of a scattered light component of the sample towards a light capturing unit comprising a bundle of bifurcated fibers; the bundle of fibers having a central fiber and external fibers, the central fiber receiving scattered light from the surface and the external fibers receiving scattered light from inside the sample; a measuring system measuring a power and/or a spectrum collected in the central and the external fibers.

Devices, systems and methods for affinity reagent and catalyst discovery employing a library on a bead HTS platform, each bead comprising affixed non-natural polymers of a distinct bioactive monomer with sequence pre-defined branching and folding in tertiary structures, and fiber-optic array scanning technology.

A light inspection system and method of the surface and inside of a sample. The system includes a light source generating a light beam to impinge on a sample; an imaging system obtaining an image of said sample and including a parabolic mirror with a hole to allow the passage of the light beam towards the sample, and the redirection of a scattered light component of the sample towards a light capturing unit comprising a bundle of bifurcated fibers; the bundle of fibers having a central fiber and external fibers, the central fiber receiving scattered light from the surface and the external fibers receiving scattered light from inside the sample; a measuring system measuring a power and/or a spectrum collected in the central and the external fibers.

A scanner of an optical detection system includes a housing, a light source associated with the housing operable to emit a light pulse into an area being scanned, a light sensitive device associated with the housing operable to detect a reflected light pulse from the area being scanned and an actuator for moving the light pulse through the area being scanned. The actuator comprises a solid state flexible polymer deformable in response to application of a voltage to the solid state flexible polymer.