Abstract: A micro light emitting device inspection apparatus adapted to inspect a plurality of micro light emitting devices is provided. The micro light emitting device inspection apparatus includes a carrier stage, a light guide module and a detective module. The carrier stage is configured to hold the micro light emitting devices. The light guide module has a plurality of optical fibers. Each of the optical fibers has a light receiving surface and a light emitting surface away from each other. The at least one light beam is received by the light receiving surface of each optical fiber and exits through the light emitting surface of the optical fiber. The detective module is configured to receive and detect the at least one light beam from the light emitting surface of each optical fiber, thereby obtaining at least one optical property.

Abstract: A detection device is adapted to traverse a search area and generate sensor data associated with an object that may be present in the search area, the detection device comprising a first logic device configured to detect and classify the object in the sensor data, communicate object detection information to a control system when the detection device is within a range of communications of the control system, and generate and store object analysis information for a user of the control system when the detection device is not in communication with the control system. A control system facilitates user monitoring and/or control of the detection device during operation and to access the stored object analysis information. The object analysis information is provided in an interactive display to facilitate user detection and classification of the detected object by the user to update the detection information, trained object classifier, and training dataset.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for detecting light leakage of a screen, a method for detecting ambient light, and an apparatus for detecting ambient light. The method for detecting light leakage of a screen includes: acquiring display parameters of a screen, the display parameters including: a brightness value of the screen and grayscale values of respective pixel points within a preset display region of the screen; inputting the display parameters into a pre-trained neural network model, to process the display parameters using the neural network model, to obtain light leakage values corresponding to the respective pixel points; and obtaining a light leakage value of the screen based on the light leakage values corresponding to the respective pixel points. Based on the above technical solutions, the light leakage value of the screen can be accurately and reliably determined.

Abstract: An interferometric system is provided that includes detects, authenticates and quantifies analytes such as taggants. Methods of using such systems as part of an authentication and material tracking processes are also provided.

Abstract: Light mapping devices and systems for use in indoor or vertical farming are disclosed herein. In particular, a light detection device is provided that includes a plurality of light sensors configured for detecting light emitted from one or more light sources at distinct positions across a grow plane. The light detection device will also include a microcontroller and one or more signal routing circuit boards, or junctions, for making electrical connections between the light sensors and the microcontroller in a multiplex architecture to enable the microcontroller to cycle through and read the Lux values from each of the light sensors with sub-second frequency and in real-time. The light detection device may also be part of a light mapping system that converts the Lux values to PPFD and generates a heatmap of PPFD intensity at distinct locations across the grow plane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a Raman spectral signature of nitrate, as a biomarker for an early, real-time diagnosis of nitrogen status in growing plants in a non-invasive or non-destructive way in order to detect nitrogen deficiency before the onset of any visible symptoms. The early, real-time diagnosis of nitrogen deficiency in plants makes it possible to correct nitrogen deficiency for the avoidance of negative effects on the yield and biomass of growing plants or leafy vegetables.

Abstract: A non-contact apparatus for measuring wafer thickness includes a monolithic wavelength sweeping semiconductor laser light source having a laser source, a laser control unit that controls the laser source, and a processor to control the laser source to oscillate laser light having a wavelength that changes with a setting profile relative to time; an optical system that guides and emits the laser light onto a wafer; a detection unit that detects an interference light signal of reflected light; an A/D converter that converts the interference light signal detected by the detection unit into a digital signal; and a calculation unit that calculates a thickness of the wafer by analyzing the digital signal from the A/D converter. The processor causes the laser control unit to operate with a clock signal, and to oscillate laser light that performs wavelength-sweeping with the setting profile relative to the time, from the laser source.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to an assembly (200) for localizing an optical coupling point (11) and to a method for producing a microstructure (100) at the optical coupling point (11).

Abstract: A position detection device includes a transmitter that transmits an optical pulse into an optical transmission line laid along the movement path of a moving body; a detector that detects back-scattered light in the optical transmission line; a data processor that calculates the intensity of the back-scattered light and the generation position of the back-scattered light; a storage in which the processing results of the data processor are saved; a search range derivation circuit that derives a search range for the position of the moving body; a maximum value extraction circuit that extracts the generation position at which the variation of intensity within the search range is at a maximum, and causes the extracted generation position to be saved in the storage; and an output circuit that outputs the extraction result.

Abstract: An optical fibre sensing system (300) with an incident light source (309), a wavelength spectrum interrogator (313), and an optical fibre (302) with a substantially continuous fibre Bragg grating (306). An upstream portion (318) of the optical fibre has an attenuation length to light to the interrogator (313) at a first equilibrium wavelength. A downstream portion (322) of the optical fibre reflects light to the interrogator (313) when a change in temperature and/or strain at the downstream portion (322) causes a portion of the fibre Bragg grating to reflect light to the interrogator (313) at a second wavelength and at a second intensity. A processor (315) is configured to analyse the reflected spectrum (314) to determine when a portion of the fibre Bragg grating (306) is experiencing a change in temperature and/or strain based on deviation in the reflected spectrum (314) from an initial peak corresponding to the initial wavelength.

Abstract: An optical-path calibration module is provided. The optical-path calibration module defines a first light inlet, a second light inlet, and a first light outlet, and a first light-splitting device is disposed in the optical-path calibration module. The first light inlet is configured to receive a calibration beam of a calibration light-source or be closed. The second light inlet is configured to receive a target-light-source beam or the calibration beam from the calibration light-source. The first light outlet is configured to emit a detection beam to a photoelectric sensor. An angle of 45° is defined between the first light-splitting device and each of the first light inlet and the second light inlet.

Abstract: The process and device for diagnosing the quality of compression of an ultrashort pulse, consist of performing an approximation of the Strehl ratio by: —a first step allowing the measurement of spatio-spectral images of the ultrashort light pulse brief initial (Ii) using one or more parallel imaging spectrometers; —a second step allowing an interaction of said pulse with a nonlinear optical material (DMNL), the aforementioned interaction generating, by a nonlinear optical mechanism of an n order, a secondary pulse (Is) of intensity proportional to the temporal intensity aforementioned ultrashort light pulse (Ii) raised to the power of n; —a third step allowing the measurement of the spatio-spectral image or images of the secondary pulse (Is); —the processing of the images thus obtained will be translated into an expression of the ratio of the maximum intensity obtained by that which could be obtained for the pulse without phase distortion.

Abstract: Provided is a camera module manufacturing device including central and peripheral optical units respectively including central and peripheral collimator lenses and central and peripheral measurement charts disposed inclined relative to respective planes vertical to the respective optical axes of the central and peripheral collimator lenses, the central and peripheral optical units being for forming respective images of the central and peripheral measurement charts on the image sensor through the central and peripheral collimator lenses, respectively, and the shooting lens, wherein each peripheral optical unit is disposed such that the optical axis of the peripheral collimator lens is inclined relative to the optical axis of the central collimator lens of the central optical unit, and the angle of inclination is changeable.

Abstract: A system for containing a sample for analysis by a spectrometer, comprising a sample receptacle unit with a well for containment of the sample, the well comprising a well inner wall and well floor, a floor aperture in the well floor, and comprising a first spectroscopy element, the first spectroscopy element spanning the opening of floor aperture, wherein the well further comprises a sealing material at the interface of the inner wall with the first spectroscopy element, wherein radiation is free to pass through the floor aperture to the first spectroscopy element.

Abstract: An apparatus for detecting objects comprises an optical interferometer that is configured to receive electromagnetic radiation from a light source, and emit electromagnetic radiation to a detector. The optical interferometer is coupled to an environment and further configured to respond to objects in the environment intruding into an interaction volume of the optical interferometer by varying an intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted to the detector based on a property of the objects in the interaction volume. A signal processor is configured to generate an output signal based on the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation emitted to the detector.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a multi-reflection silicon-based liquid immersion micro-channel measurement device and measurement method capable of improving measurement sensitivity by completely separating, through multi-reflection, first reflective light reflected by a sample detection layer and a second reflective light by a prism-buffer solution interface and by allowing the light to enter multiple times through the multi-reflection.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a receiver of an optical sensing system. The receiver may include a mask configured to resonate during a scanning procedure performed by the optical sensing system. The receiver may also include a photodetector array positioned on a first side of the mask. The photodetector array may be configured to detect light that passes through the mask during the scanning procedure to generate a frame. The receiver may further include a light collector array aligned with the photodetector array and configured to concentrate the light that passes through the mask during the scanning procedure before directing the light to the photodetector array.

Abstract: A device for detecting optical chirality includes a metasurface composed of a biperiodic array of nanodisks in the form of a checkerboard array [300], where the nanodisks have diameters d±?/2 such that adjacent nanodisks [302, 304] have diameters that differ by an offset ?. The nanodisks are composed of a dielectric material that is transparent and has a refractive index greater than 2 at a predetermined operational ultraviolet wavelength. The nanodisks have a width-to-height aspect ratio d/h tuned to produce spectral overlap of electric dipole and magnetic dipole modes of incident circularly polarized ultraviolet light.

Abstract: A method of optical device metrology is provided. The method includes introducing a first type of light into a first optical device during a first time period, the first optical device including an optical substrate and an optical film disposed on the optical substrate, the first optical device further including a first surface, a second surface, and one or more sides connecting the first surface with the second surface; and measuring, during the first time period, a quantity of the first type of light transmitted from a plurality of locations on the first surface or the second surface during the first time period, wherein the measuring is performed by a detector coupled to one or more fiber heads positioned to collect the light transmitted from the plurality of locations.

Abstract: The disclosure discloses an optical path system for detecting a vacuum degree of a vacuum switch and a method thereof. In the optical path system, a plasma excitation unit excites pulsed laser along an excitation optical path to bombard a shielding case of a vacuum switch to be detected, so as to generate laser plasma; an optical path focusing unit focuses the excitation optical path and a collection optical path to focus the pulsed laser on the shielding case of the vacuum switch to be detected; the optical path focusing unit includes a visible laser device for generating visible light and an adjustment device for adjusting the excitation optical path; an image collection unit collects a laser plasma image and a visible light spot focusing image; the image collection unit includes a gated detector for collecting the visible light spot image and the laser plasma image via the collection optical path.