An apparatus includes a substrate transmissive of electromagnetic energy of at least a plurality of wavelengths, having a first end, a second end, a first major face, a second major face, at least one edge, a length, a width, and a thickness, at least a first output optic that outputs electromagnetic energy the substrate; and a first input optic oriented and positioned to provide electromagnetic energy into the substrate via at least one of the first or the second major face of the substrate. The first output optic is laterally spaced from the first input optic. A number of reflectors and optional absorbers may be positioned proximate the first major face and/or the second major face to structure electromagnetic energy and/or to translate such from the first input optic to the first output optic. The apparatus may be part of a spectrometer or other optical system.

An optical measuring device includes an integrator formed with an incident opening on which excitation light is to be incident and an exit opening from which measurement light is to exit, a light guide unit for guiding the measurement light that exits from the exit opening, and a light detecting unit for detecting the measurement light guided by the light guide unit. The light guide unit includes a plurality of light guide members arranged so that incident end surfaces of the light guide members face the inside of the integrator through the exit opening. The light detecting unit detects the measurement light that is guided by at least one of the plurality of light guide members. Light-receiving regions of the plurality of light guide members on the incident end surface side overlap with each other in the integrator.

The present invention relates to the design, construction, and operation of a laser air-sampling multi-spectrometer; its operation with variable laser energy to simultaneously and/or sequentially perform spectrometric techniques of LAS, LEFS, RSS, and LIBS. The combined spectrometric operation will detect gas and particulate chemicals directly in a flowing stream of air sample and/or particulate chemicals on filter collected from the flowing stream of air sample.

An imaging system (200) for generating a measure of authenticity of an object (10) comprises a dispersive imaging arrangement (30) and an image sensor arrangement (60). They are positioned so that, when electromagnetic radiation (20) from the object (10) illuminates the dispersive imaging arrangement (30), the electromagnetic radiation is dispersed and imaged by the image sensor arrangement (60). The imaging system (200) is configured to then generate a measure of authenticity of the object (10) depending at least on a relation between the imaged dispersed electromagnetic radiation and reference spectral information. The invention also relates to imaging methods, computer programs, computer program products, and storage mediums.

To acquire both excellent spectrum and sample image reflecting actual conditions of a sample, and to increase convenience of measurement, provided is a display device for a photometric analyzer, which is configured to irradiate a sample with light to analyze the sample, the display device being configured to display a measurement result of the photometric analyzer, and including: a controller; and a display, which is configured to display an image based on measurement data processed by the controller. The measurement data at least contains a spectrum indicating an intensity of emitted light, which is emitted by the sample irradiated with the light, and a sample image of the sample, which is taken by an imaging device. The display is configured to display the spectrum and the sample image in an arrangement in the same screen.

The present invention relates to a set-up and a method for measuring color of a turbid liquid giving a result matching a visual observation.

An apparatus includes a substrate transmissive of electromagnetic energy of at least a plurality of wavelengths, having a first end, a second end, a first major face, a second major face, at least one edge, a length, a width, and a thickness, at least a first output optic that outputs electromagnetic energy the substrate; and a first input optic oriented and positioned to provide electromagnetic energy into the substrate via at least one of the first or the second major face of the substrate. The first output optic is laterally spaced from the first input optic. A number of reflectors and optional absorbers may be positioned proximate the first major face and/or the second major face to structure electromagnetic energy and/or to translate such from the first input optic to the first output optic. The apparatus may be part of a spectrometer or other optical system.

In accordance with an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of obtaining a calibrated measurement of a sample using an integrating cavity, comprising obtaining sample spectral information by using the integrating cavity with the sample placed inside the integrating cavity, obtaining cavity-characterizing spectral information generated by using the integrating cavity with a standard object, and obtaining a measurement result from the sample spectral information by employing a mathematical process that takes the cavity-characterizing spectral information as input.

A diamond identification apparatus relates to the field of examining natural and synthetic diamonds. The claimed apparatus for identifying a cut diamond comprises a measurement location with a measuring aperture at which the cut diamond to be examined is fixedly positioned; a movable optical system including a spectrometer, two sources of radiation at wavelengths of 250-280 nm and 350-380 nm, respectively, said two sources of radiation and the spectrometer being connected to the measurement location by optical fibres for inputting radiation into the cut diamond and by an optical fibre for outputting radiation from the cut diamond; and also a source of laser radiation at a wavelength of 532 nm and a microcontroller, wherein the cut diamond is positioned at the measurement location in such a way that the table of the diamond faces the measuring aperture of the measurement location, and the culet of the diamond is situated directly above the measuring aperture to which the optical fibres for inputting radiation and the optical fibre for outputting radiation are connected, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to control the alternate operation of the sources of radiation in a set time sequence, the movement of the optical system to allow the input of radiation into the cut diamond, and the processing of the spectrometer data.

In a spectrometry device, a control unit controls a light source so that input of excitation light to an internal space is maintained in a first period, and that the input of the excitation light to the internal space is stopped in a second period, and the analysis unit calculates the photoluminescence quantum yield of a long afterglow emission material on the basis of the number of absorbed photons of the long afterglow emission material obtained on the basis of excitation light spectral data in the first period and the number of light emission photons of the long afterglow emission material obtained on the basis of light emission spectral data in any of the first period, the second period, and a total period of the first period and the second period.