Class 359/370 - Interference

Subclass of Class 359 - Optical: systems and elements
Definition: Subject matter wherein light from the object is combined
No. of applications: 28
Last issue date: 02/02/2012

Application No.	Application Title	Issue Date
20120026509	ON-CHIP PHASE MICROSCOPE/BEAM PROFILER BASED ON DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST AND/OR SURFACE PLASMON ASSISTED INTERFERENCE A differential interference contrast (DIC) determination device and method utilizes an illumination source, a layer having a pair of two apertures that receive illumination from the illumination source, and a photodetector to receive Young's interference from the illumi...	02/02/2012
20120019907	HIGH-RESOLUTION SURFACE PLASMON MICROSCOPE THAT INCLUDES A HETERODYNE FIBER INTERFEROMETER The present invention relates to a high-resolution surface plasmon microscope including a heterodyne interferometer (6) for splitting an excitation light beam into at least one reference beam and at least one measurement beam directed toward a coupling medium (	01/26/2012
20110300490	HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY DEVICES USING FOCUSING MICROMIRRORS The invention relates to large-field high-resolution microscopy and photolithography setups operating with polychromatic light. It includes the use of a plurality of focusing micromirrors....	12/08/2011
20110211253	IMAGING INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY Exemplary embodiments provide an image interferometric microscope (IIM) and methods for image interferometric microscopy. The disclosed IIM can approach the linear systems limits of optical resolution by using a plurality of off-axis illuminations to access high spatial...	09/01/2011
20110075254	Surface Wave Enabled Darkfield Aperture Embodiments of the present invention relate to a surface wave enabled darkfield aperture structure comprising an aperture layer, a aperture in the aperture layer and a plurality of grooves around the aperture. The aperture layer has a first and second surface. The plura...	03/31/2011
20100284016	OPTICAL CYTOMETRY The present invention provides optical systems and methods for determining a characteristic of a cell, such as cell type, cellular response to a biochemical event, biological state and the like. The methods typically involve using interferometry to observe membrane prop...	11/11/2010
20100284065	MICROSCOPE SYSTEM A microscope system is characterized in comprising a transmission illumination optical system having a light source (11) and a condenser lens (13); a first dry objective (15a) having a magnification of from 20 or higher to 40 or lower and cap...	11/11/2010
20100195112	INTERFEROMETER WITH SCAN MOTION DETECTION An apparatus includes an interferometer configured to generate an interference pattern by combining test light from a test object with reference light reflected from a reference object, the interferometer being further configured to direct at least a first part of a mon...	08/05/2010
20100128278	FIBER-BASED INTERFEROMETER SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AN IMAGING INTERFEROMETER Apparatus include a microscope including an objective and a stage for positioning a test object relative to the objective, the stage being moveable with respect to the objective, and a sensor system, that includes a sensor light source, an interferometric sensor configu...	05/27/2010
20100128283	INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FEATURING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF UNEVENLY SAMPLED DATA In certain aspects, interferometry methods are disclosed that include providing one or more interferometry signals for a test object, wherein the interferometry signals correspond to a sequence of optical path difference (OPD) values which are not all equally spaced fro...	05/27/2010
20100059696	Method and Apparatus for Improving Image Resolution Embodiments of the invention allow the operation of confocal microscopes with relatively open pinholes (e.g. 1 Airy unit) whilst still giving a significant XY resolution improvement. In addition axial (Z) discrimination or resolution may also be improved. This is achiev...	03/11/2010
20100053740	MICROSCOPE The microscope comprises a first phase-contrast objective including a first phase film shaped like a ring and having a 20-fold magnification or lower, a second phase-contrast objective including a second phase film shaped like a ring and having a 60-fold magnification o...	03/04/2010
20090310214	STRUCTURAL ILLUMINATION AND EVANESCENT COUPLING FOR THE EXTENSION OF IMAGING INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY In accordance with the invention, there are imaging interferometric microscopes and methods for imaging interferometric microscopy using structural illumination and evanescent coupling for the extension of imaging interferometric microscopy. Furthermore, there are coher...	12/17/2009
20090296205	Microscope apparatus Diffracted light generated by a diffraction grating passes through a tube lens, reflected by a reflection mirror and forms illuminating light in a strip pattern on the surface of a sample. Thus, fluorescence generated by an objective lens from the sample passes through ...	12/03/2009
20090225407	Microscope device and image processing method A diffraction grating produces the first diffraction light in a symmetrical direction with respect to the 0-th diffraction light and the optical axis. Each light flux forms two flux interference patterns on a sample surface through a second objective lens and a first ob...	09/10/2009
20090168158	Method and Configuration for the Optical Detection of an Illuminated Specimen A method for the optical detection of an illuminated specimen, wherein the illuminating light impinges in a spatially structured manner in at least one plane on the specimen and several images of the specimen are acquired by a detector in different positions of the stru...	07/02/2009
20090097107	Microscope The present invention relates to a device for analyzing particles in the nanometer or micrometer range by optical measurement of light irradiated onto the sample containing particles. Accordingly, the device of the present invention can also be referred to as a microsco...	04/16/2009
20090086216	Partially Coherent Illumination For Inverse Scattering Full-Field Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Microscopy Methods and apparatus for three-dimensional imaging of a sample. A source is provided of a beam of light characterized by partial spatial coherence. The beam is focused onto a sample and scattered light from the sample is superposed with a reference beam derived from th...	04/02/2009
20090059360	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-INTERFERENCE FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM ASSOCIATED THEREWITH Exemplary apparatus and/or method can be provided using which, it is possible to provide information associated with at least one portion of a sample. For example, at least one electro-magnetic radiation received from the at least one portion of the sample can be separa...	03/05/2009
20090052019	IMAGING INTERFEROMETRIC MICROSCOPY Exemplary embodiments provide an image interferometric microscope (IIM) and methods for image interferometric microscopy. The disclosed IIM can approach the linear systems limits of optical resolution by using a plurality of off-axis illuminations to access high spatial...	02/26/2009
20080192337	Microscopic Apparatus and Observing Method The present invention has an object to provide a microscopic apparatus and an observing method that can obtain information of a super-resolved image of an object under observation with a high SN ratio. Therefore, the microscopic apparatus of the present invention is cha...	08/14/2008
20080174860	SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ALL-OPTICAL FOURIER PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING USING DYE DOPED LIQUID CRYSTALS Under one aspect, a phase contrast imaging system includes a coherent light source emitting a coherent beam directed toward a sample area; a lens arranged to collect at least part of the beam from the sample area; an element Fourier transforming the collected beam in a ...	07/24/2008
20080007823	MICROSCOPE AND INTERFEROMETER THEREOF An interferometer comprises a light source unit, a first splitter, a reference beam unit and a detection unit. The light source unit provides a laser beam. The first splitter receives the laser beam from the light source unit and splits the laser beam into a first beam ...	01/10/2008
20080007824	Orientation independent differential interference contrast microscopy technique and device A method for performing differential interference contrast microscopy on a specimen includes collecting at least two images with illumination respectively having first and second beam-shear directions relative to a rotational orientation of the specimen, determining dat...	01/10/2008
20070272861	Interferometer The present invention provides a technique enabling to control fringe spacing s and an interference width W independently of each other, which are important parameters for an interferometer using an electron biprism. In the present inventi...	11/29/2007
20050141080	Microscope device Specularly reflected light from a convergence position on an object surface 31 enters a second critical-angle prism 14, another prism 15, and a first critical-angle prism 13 of a parallel beam selection means 20 in this order as a para...	06/30/2005
20050141082	Spectroscope and confocal scanning microscope comprising thereof The invention provides a spectroscope that provides variable masks 24a and 24b that limits the light path of separated light beams in the spectrum direction and composite masks 24c and 24d that limit the same in th...	06/30/2005
20050122576	Anti-reflection film and microscope having optical element with the same anti-reflection film applied thereto A microscope includes an optical element provided with an anti-reflection film applied thereto. The anti-reflection film has the following layered structure: ...	06/09/2005

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