A method for measuring the thickness of coatings on a substrate of an aerospace component comprises illuminating a sample comprising the substrate of the aerospace component and a coating with light waves of varying wavelengths from a light source, receiving the light waves reflected by the sample at a light collector, diffracting the light waves into a plurality of component wavelengths with a grating, detecting the light intensities of the plurality of component wavelengths at a detector array, generating a reflectance spectral curve using the detected light intensities for each of the plurality of component wavelengths, calculating the thickness of the coating from the reflectance spectral curves of the component wavelengths.

A spectral analysis device is provided herein. The spectral analysis device includes a first lens, a transmission grating, a lens set and a sensing element. The first lens is configured to receive and converge an incident light beam into a first light beam. The transmission grating is configured to disperse the first light beam into a plurality of second light beams. The lens set is configured to receive the plurality of second light beams. The sensing element includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels is configured to respectively receive the plurality of second light beam. Such structure is used to analyze the spectrum of incident light.

An optoelectronic module includes a light guide arranged to receive light, such as ambient light or light reflected by an object. The light guide has a diffractive grating that includes multiple sections, each of which is tuned to a respective wavelength or narrow band of wavelengths. The module further includes multiple photosensitive elements, each of which is arranged to receive light diffracted by a respective one of the sections of the diffractive grating. The module can be integrated, for example, as part of a spectrometer or other apparatus for optically determining characteristics of an object.

Disclosed is an optical sensor, including an external cavity laser configured to output sensing light and reference light; and a photodetector configured to detect a beating signal by an interference of the sensing light and the reference light output from the external cavity laser, in which the external cavity laser includes a reflecting filter including a sensing grating, to which a sensing object is attachable, and a reference grating, which is disposed on the same plane as that of the sensing grating, and outputs sensing light reflected from the sensing grating and reference light reflected from the reference grating. Accordingly, the optical sensor does not require a high-resolution spectroscope and has improved resolution and sensitivity.

Novel monolithic cyclical reflective spatial heterodyne spectrometers (CRSHS) are presented. Monolithic CRSHS in accordance with the invention have a single frame wherein a flat mirror, roof mirror, and symmetric grating are affixed. The invention contains only fixed parts; the flat mirror, roof mirror, and symmetric grating do not move in relation to the frame. Compared to conventional CRSHS known in the art, the present invention enables much smaller and lighter CRSHS, requires less time and skill for maintenance, and is a better economic option. The disclosed invention may include fixed field-widening optical elements or a fiber-fed assembly.

A spectral analysis device is provided herein. The spectral analysis device includes a first lens, a transmission grating, a lens set and a sensing element. The first lens is configured to receive and converge an incident light beam into a first light beam. The transmission grating is configured to disperse the first light beam into a plurality of second light beams. The lens set is configured to receive the plurality of second light beams. The sensing element includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels is configured to respectively receive the plurality of second light beam. Such structure is used to analyze the spectrum of incident light.

[Object] An optimal structure for spectroscopically analyzing a solid-phase or liquid-phase sample in a wavelength range of 1100 to 1200 nm by using supercontinuum light is provided.

[Solution] Supercontinuum light generated by producing nonlinear effects in light from a pulse laser source 1 by a nonlinear element 2 and having a wavelength range including 1100 nm or greater and 1200 nm or less is subjected to pulse stretching by a pulse stretching element 3, and a solid-phase or a liquid-phase sample S is irradiated with the supercontinuum light. In the supercontinuum light, elapsed time and wavelength within one pulse are in a one-to-one correspondence, and computation means 5 computes a spectrum based on a change over time in an output from a light receiver 4 that has received light that has passed through the sample S.

A meteorological lidar performs highly precise meteorological observation by primarily removing elastically scattered light and by detecting rotational Raman-scattered light without filtering it out. The meteorological lidar according to embodiments measures scattered light of a laser beam, and includes: a diffraction grating diffracting rotational Raman-scattered light contained in scattered light in accordance with the wavelength of rotational Raman-scattered light; a detector detecting the diffracted rotational Raman-scattered light; and a removing element primarily removing elastically scattered light of a specific wavelength contained in the scattered light.

A light modulation device and a single-channel spectrum detection system are provided. The light modulation device includes: a light guide plate; a dispersing component configured to disperse received light into light of different wavelengths and to diffract the light of different wavelengths into the light guide plate at different angles; and a dynamic filtering component configured to prevent light of a selected wavelength in the light guide plate from entering the dynamic filtering component such that the light of the selected wavelength emits out from the light guide plate, and to make light of non-selected wavelengths in the light guide plate enter the dynamic filtering component such that the light of the non-selected wavelengths is filtered out from the light guide plate.

Radiation sensor including a detection assembly and a chopper assembly, which are mechanically coupled to delimit a main cavity; and wherein the chopper assembly includes: a suspended movable structure, which extends in the main cavity; and an actuation structure, which is electrically controllable to cause a change of position of the suspended movable structure. The detection unit includes a detection structure, which faces the main cavity and includes a number of detection devices. The suspended movable structure includes a first shield of conductive material, which shields the detection devices from the radiation, the shielding of the detection devices being a function of the position of the suspended movable structure.