Abstract: An optical system, device, and method that are capable of generating high-order Bessel beams and determining the orbital angular momentum of at least one of the photons of a Bessel beam are provided. The optical system and device include a tapered waveguide having an outer surface defined by a diameter that varies along a longitudinal axis of the waveguide from a first end to an opposing second end. The optical system and device include a resonator that is arranged in optical communication with the first end of the tapered waveguide such that an evanescent field emitted from (i) the waveguide can be coupled with the resonator, or (ii) the resonator can be coupled with the waveguide.

Abstract: A lamp house storing a plurality of flash lamps and a chamber storing and holding a semiconductor wafer are fitted to each other in an openable/closable manner. The lamp house and the chamber are fixed to a closed state with male screws. In order to process a semiconductor wafer, a shutter plate is drawn out to open an irradiation window. In this state, the shutter plate shields a space located above the male screws so that the male screws cannot be detached for opening the lamp house and the chamber. In order to open the lamp house and the chamber, the shutter plate must be inserted for shielding the irradiation window while opening the space located above the male screws. Thus, a thermal processing apparatus capable of preventing the lamps from breaking during maintenance thereof is provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for determining three-dimensional refractive gradient index distribution. The method and system of the present invention determine inhomogeneity data and calculate index of refraction changes in three-dimensions (3D). The method and system provide 3D modeling of an optical object or system that determines the three-dimensional distribution of the refractive index in the object. In one embodiment, the optical object is a blank. In different embodiments, the optical system is more than one blank. In alternative embodiments, the optical system can be a projection optics system that can include optical components such as lenses, filters, plates, and prisms. The present invention also provides a method for selecting a plurality of preferred optical elements to assemble a composite optical system with predetermined parameters.

Abstract: The temperature of a surface undergoing a radiation assisted thermally driven process is sensed by observation of the thermal emission from that surface and used to control the process. In a preferred embodiment, the blue edge of the thermal emission spectral distribution is detected to determine the surface temperature of a workpiece during a process such as laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition, and used to control this temperature. The temperature measuring system has means for focusing workpiece thermal emission and defining the field of view, a spectrometer to separate shorter wavelength light from other spectral components of the thermal emission, and a photon-counting system to detect the shorter wavelength light and generate a surface temperature signal. Systems to determine surface temperature at a spot and along a line have an optical prism to disperse the thermal emission into component wavelengths, and a multichannel photon-counting detector comprised of an intensified photodetector array.

Abstract: Disclosure is made of a photoelectric pyrometer for measuring the temperature of bodies of small cross-sectional dimensions which vary with respect to the optical axis of the pyrometer. The pyrometer comprises, in successive arrangement, an objective, a stationary field diaphragm, a slit obturator, an aperture diaphragm, a condenser sighted at the aperture of the stationary field diaphragm, and a photoelectric converter arranged in the sharp image plane of the condenser. The light-sensitive surface of the photoelectric converter receives two trains of light pulses. One of these pulse trains is formed by the above-mentioned units, whereas the other is formed by the obturator arranged across the path of a luminous flux generated by an optical feedback radiation source. The photoelectric converter produces two trains of trapezoidal electric pulses of a variable duration and on-off ratio.

Abstract: A method of and a device for measuring the temperature of the axle bearing of a vehicle, especially of a rail vehicle while moving. The device is mounted adjacent a rail on which the vehicle runs and receives radiation from beneath the axle bearing over a strip-like range thereof of predetermined size. A detector receives the radiation after the radiation has been angularly diverted and develops an electrical signal in conformity with the value of the radiation. A modulator or interrupter ahead of the detector provides for an alternating, or pulsating, signal which is then amplified in an electronic circuit. For comparison purposes, a source of infra red radiation of known value is provided whereby the calibration of the device can be checked.