Abstract: According to the invention, the image detection system contains optical channels arranged one next to the other with a respectively assigned microlens with aperture and in each case at least one detector located in the image plane, wherein the detectors are arranged such that the directions of the optical axes, which form in each case the connecting lines between lens apices and centre of the detectors, represent a function of the position of the respective optical channel, wherein at least one aperture stop arrangement (4) is provided between the microlenses (1?) with aperture (2?) and the detectors (6?, 8), wherein the distance between centres of the aperture stops (4?) is located between the distance between apices of the microlenses (1?) and distance between centres of the detectors (6?, 8) such that, depending on the position of the channels, the aperture stops (4?) are arranged with different offsets to the microlenses (1?) and the detectors (6?, 8) and are in each case located on a straight line with t

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement for the detection of biochemical or chemical substances using fluorescent light excitation, and to a process for its production, which can be used in a variety of fields, for example in biotechnology, in molecular medicine, in pharmaceuticals development and for the analysis or various chemical substances. A relatively simple structure is intended to provide the invention with the possibility of being able to carry out the detection of a large number of samples in a very short time with a high degree of accuracy. To that end, a laminar substrate is formed with a locally defined structure in order to detect different samples. Advantageously, on the detector side, a lens array designed according to the structuring can be used to project the fluorescent light from the different samples on to a detector array. It is, however, also possible to place a detector array matched to the structuring of the substrate on the substrate, or arrange it there.

Abstract: The invention relates to a surface plasmon resonance sensor for the simultaneous measurement of a plurality of samples present in fluid form. The aim of the invention is to provide such a sensor which can be arranged into a defined array and where the surface plasmon resonance sensors can be produced using technology which is simpler and more economical than those produced according to the prior art. To this end several strip-like optical wave guides (2) are arranged on a planar support (1) at a defined distance to each other in such a way that their front faces (21, 22) are flush with opposite sides (11, 12) of the planar support (1). Each strip-like optical wave guide (2) in a section which is to be brought into contact with the fluid samples has at least one thin metal layer (3) which permits the excitation of surface plasmons.

Abstract: The invention relates to optical elements comprised of an optical isotropic completely aromatic polyester with a glass transition temperature Tg≧180° C.