Abstract: An optical measuring device for measuring light emitted from a sample includes a container cavity for receiving a container in which the sample is enclosed; a light detection unit for detecting light from the sample; a light guide path for guiding the light from the sample to the light detection unit; and a light absorbing unit for absorbing incident light. An end of the light guide path to receive the incident light faces the container cavity, a light exit end of the light guide path faces the light detection unit, and the light absorbing unit covers the perimeter of the light guide path other than the light-receiving-end and the light exit end thereof.

Abstract: A microplate reader includes a plurality of sets of: a light emitting portion disposed on one side of a microplate and corresponding to one well of the microplate; a light receiving portion disposed on an opposite side to the light emitting portion across the microplate and corresponding to one well of the microplate; and a light receiving light guide path disposed between the light receiving portion and the microplate and guiding light emitted from the light emitting portion and passing through a sample contained in the well to the light receiving portion. The microplate reader further includes a light guiding section configured to enclose a plurality of the light receiving light guide paths by an enclosure member made of a pigment-containing resin containing a pigment having a light-absorbing property. Light emitted from one light emitting portion passing through one light receiving light guide path and reaching one light receiving portion.

Abstract: A microplate reader includes multiple light projecting/receiving units, the number of the light projecting/receiving units being equal to or greater than the number of wells of the microplate, each light projecting/receiving unit including a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit that correspond to one of the wells of the microplate; a reflection member configured to reflect light having passed through samples stored in the wells from the light projecting/receiving units to the light projecting/receiving units; and a light guide part including projecting-light guide paths each configured to guide the light emitted from the light projecting unit to the sample, receiving-light guide paths each configured to guide the light reflected by the reflection member and having passed through the sample to the light receiving unit, and a surrounding member including a pigment-containing resin surrounding the projecting-light guide paths and the receiving-light guide paths.

Abstract: A microplate reader includes multiple light projecting/receiving units, the number of the light projecting/receiving units being equal to or greater than the number of wells of the microplate, each light projecting/receiving unit including a light projecting unit and a light receiving unit that correspond to one of the wells of the microplate; a reflection member configured to reflect light having passed through samples stored in the wells from the light projecting/receiving units to the light projecting/receiving units; and a light guide part including projecting-light guide paths each configured to guide the light emitted from the light projecting unit to the sample, receiving-light guide paths each configured to guide the light reflected by the reflection member and having passed through the sample to the light receiving unit, and a surrounding member including a pigment-containing resin surrounding the projecting-light guide paths and the receiving-light guide paths.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an optical member and the like which enable suppression of diffusion of stray light due to a pigment even when the optical member and the like are used adjacent to a light guiding part through which incident light is transmitted. The optical member is configured to be used adjacent to the light guiding part through which the incident light is transmitted and to attenuate the incident light. The optical member has a dispersed carbon particle part that is formed as a result of dispersion of carbon particles in a particular region in a silicone resin. The carbon particles are stray light diffusion suppressing particles for suppressing the intensity of light being incident onto the carbon particles and diffused.

Abstract: An optical measuring device for measuring light emitted from a sample includes a container cavity for receiving a container in which the sample is enclosed; a light detection unit for detecting light from the sample; a light guide path for guiding the light from the sample to the light detection unit; and a light absorbing unit for absorbing incident light. An end of the light guide path to receive the incident light faces the container cavity, a light exit end of the light guide path faces the light detection unit, and the light absorbing unit covers the perimeter of the light guide path other than the light-receiving-end and the light exit end thereof.

Abstract: A first aspect of the present invention is an optical member that blocks straight traveling of light of a second wavelength rather than straight traveling of light of a first wavelength, and is provided with a silicone resin part, and optical material particles dispersed in the silicone resin part, wherein the refractive indexes of the silicone resin part and the optical material particles match at the first wavelength, and do not match at the second wavelength. Consequently, it becomes possible to provide an optical member or the like that selectively transmit a specific wavelength (the first wavelength) by a member different from those of conventional optical elements.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic microdisk structure 40, which is characterized by comprising: a cladding layer formation step 1 wherein a cladding layer 12 is formed by printing a first ink 11 that contains a fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer on a substrate 10 by an inkjet method; a core layer formation step 2 wherein a core layer 22 is formed by printing a second ink 21 that contains a laser dye and a triazine-based hyperbranched polymer containing no fluorine on the cladding layer 12 by an inkjet method; and an etching step 3 wherein the cladding layer 12 is etched using a solvent 31 that dissolves only the fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer. Consequently, an unconventional novel method for producing an organic microdisk structure with use of an inkjet method is able to be provided.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an optical member and the like which enable suppression of diffusion of stray light due to a pigment even when the optical member and the like are used adjacent to a light guiding part through which incident light is transmitted. The optical member is configured to be used adjacent to the light guiding part through which the incident light is transmitted and to attenuate the incident light. The optical member has a dispersed carbon particle part that is formed as a result of dispersion of carbon particles in a particular region in a silicone resin. The carbon particles are stray light diffusion suppressing particles for suppressing the intensity of light being incident onto the carbon particles and diffused.

Abstract: In order to carry out various analyses at high accuracy in a site where analysis is needed using a disposable microchip, the microchip is disposed on a display of a tablet terminal device, and a sample or specimen is dropped into a flow path of the microchip to trigger a reaction of the sample in the microchip. Light emitted from the display of the tablet terminal device is applied to the microchip, and the reaction caused by the applied light in the microchip is measured. When an induced fluorescence method using the applied light is adopted as a measuring method, fluorescence that corresponds to the reaction is observed, and detected by, for example, a built-in camera of the tablet terminal device. The detection signal is analyzed by an arithmetic unit of the tablet terminal device.

Abstract: A method for producing an organic microdisk structure 40, which is characterized by comprising: a cladding layer formation step 1 wherein a cladding layer 12 is formed by printing a first ink 11 that contains a fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer on a substrate 10 by an inkjet method; a core layer formation step 2 wherein a core layer 22 is formed by printing a second ink 21 that contains a laser dye and a triazine-based hyperbranched polymer containing no fluorine on the cladding layer 12 by an inkjet method; and an etching step 3 wherein the cladding layer 12 is etched using a solvent 31 that dissolves only the fluorine-containing hyperbranched polymer. Consequently, an unconventional novel method for producing an organic microdisk structure with use of an inkjet method is able to be provided.

Abstract: A laser light source for emitting excitation light, a sample case, a photomultiplier tube, a fluorescence collecting optical system and so forth are embedded in a resin material that is transparent to the excitation light and the light including fluorescence emitted from a sample. The resin material is provided in at least part of a light path that guides the fluorescence in the fluorescence collecting optical system, and this resin forms a housing that holds the laser light source, the fluorescence collecting optical system, the photomultiplier and so forth. A pigment having wavelength characteristics for absorbing the excitation light, Raman light generated from the resin, and so forth is contained substantially in a uniform manner in a resin region that surrounds the light path through which the excitation light and the light including the fluorescence pass.

Abstract: A light measuring arrangement maintains the initial filtering function of an optical filter having a dye dispersed therein. The light measuring arrangement includes a measuring unit configured to measure an intensity of light emitted from a measurement target at a predetermined wavelength. The light measuring arrangement also includes the optical filter unit having the dye. The light measuring arrangement also includes a dye diffusion restricting unit configured to restrict diffusion of the dye from the optical filter unit. The optical filter unit constitutes part of an optical path for the light traveling from the measurement target to the light measuring unit.

Abstract: In order to carry out various analyses at high accuracy in a site where analysis is needed using a disposable microchip, the microchip is disposed on a display of a tablet terminal device, and a sample or specimen is dropped into a flow path of the microchip to trigger a reaction of the sample in the microchip. Light emitted from the display of the tablet terminal device is applied to the microchip, and the reaction caused by the applied light in the microchip is measured. When an induced fluorescence method using the applied light is adopted as a measuring method, fluorescence that corresponds to the reaction is observed, and detected by, for example, a built-in camera of the tablet terminal device. The detection signal is analyzed by an arithmetic unit of the tablet terminal device.

Abstract: A method for optical analysis, which enables a point of care testing to optically analyze a specimen with a disposal microchip. The method uses a portable terminal device having a processing unit, a light receiving unit, and a display unit for displaying processing results of the processing unit. The microchip has a light introducing portion and a light emitting portion, but does not have a light source. The specimen is held in an optical path extending from the light introducing portion to the light emitting portion. The specimen is irradiated with light for analysis of the specimen. The method includes preparing another optical path for guiding light emitted from the light emitting portion of the microchip to the light receiving portion, and introducing the light into the light introducing portion.

Abstract: A laser light source for emitting excitation light, a sample case, a photomultiplier tube, a fluorescence collecting optical system and so forth are embedded in a resin material that is transparent to the excitation light and the light including fluorescence emitted from a sample. The resin material is provided in at least part of a light path that guides the fluorescence in the fluorescence collecting optical system, and this resin forms a housing that holds the laser light source, the fluorescence collecting optical system, the photomultiplier and so forth. A pigment having wavelength characteristics for absorbing the excitation light, Raman light generated from the resin, and so forth is contained substantially in a uniform manner in a resin region that surrounds the light path through which the excitation light and the light including the fluorescence pass.

Abstract: The challenge of providing a long-life solid-state dye laser medium is tackled. This challenge is solved by a solid-state dye laser medium comprising a polydimethylsiloxane, and a dye dissolved in the polydimethylsiloxane. The dye is preferably a pyrromethene dye.

Abstract: A light measuring arrangement maintains the initial filtering function of an optical filter having a dye dispersed therein. The light measuring arrangement includes a measuring unit configured to measure an intensity of light emitted from a measurement target at a predetermined wavelength. The light measuring arrangement also includes the optical filter unit having the dye. The light measuring arrangement also includes a dye diffusion restricting unit configured to restrict diffusion of the dye from the optical filter unit. The optical filter unit constitutes part of an optical path for the light traveling from the measurement target to the light measuring unit.

Abstract: The challenge of providing a long-life solid-state dye laser medium is tackled. This challenge is solved by a solid-state dye laser medium comprising a polydimethylsiloxane, and a dye dissolved in the polydimethylsiloxane. The dye is preferably a pyrromethene dye.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inspection chip using light, which is able to provide an irradiation of light at a high precision. The present invention further provides an inspection chip capable of carrying out the inspection of a sample in a simple manner by using a plurality of lights. The inspection chip of the present invention comprises a light amplifier element and a sample holding section for holding a sample, in which the light amplifier element is oriented so as to face to the sample holding section, so that the light emitted from the light amplifier element can irradiate the sample held in the sample holding section.