6205 results about "Photodetector" patented technology

A system for generating and detecting transient vapor nanobubbles in a fluid from a patient can include a micro-fluidic device to receive a flow of the fluid from the patient, a laser pulse source to provide a laser pulse to the flow of the fluid from a first side of the micro-fluidic device, a probe light source to provide a probe light to the flow from the first side of the micro-fluidic device, and a photodetector located at a second side of the micro-fluidic device opposite the first side. The photodetector can detect scattered, reflected, and / or deflected probe light and output a nanobubble signal including characteristics of optical scattering, reflecting, and / or deflecting by the transient vapor nanobubble.

A placement system for tracking, placing, and monitoring a catheter assembly or other medical device inserted into a body of a patient is disclosed. The placement system utilizes optical fiber-based strain sensors to assist with catheter placement. In one embodiment, the placement system comprises a console including a processor and a plurality of optical fiber-based strain sensors included with the catheter. A light source is also included and configured to operably connect with the strain sensors and produce outgoing optical signals incident on the strain sensors. A photodetector is included and configured to operably connect with the strain sensors and receive return optical signals from the strain sensors. A processor is configured to process data from the return optical signals. The data relates to an aspect of the catheter. A user interface such as a display is configured to communicate information relating to the aspect of the catheter.

The invention relates to the technical field of laser control, and provides a high-dynamic-range multi-channel laser interference control method and related equipment. Channel signals of a plurality of target channels are obtained in real time according to a plurality of preset photoelectric detectors, time domain-frequency domain-space three-dimensional sampling is performed on the channel signals to construct an original tensor, joint optimization processing is performed on the original tensor to obtain a noise reduction tensor, phase unwrapping is performed on the noise reduction tensor to obtain an absolute phase matrix, and the absolute phase matrix is subjected to noise reduction processing to obtain an absolute phase matrix. Performing dynamic range expansion on the absolute phase matrix to obtain an enhanced phase matrix, performing multi-wavelength calculation and environment compensation on the enhanced phase matrix to obtain a distance matrix, and performing vibration compensation on the distance matrix to obtain a piezoelectric driving signal. According to the channel laser interference control method, through a series of advanced algorithms and processing means such as multi-dimensional signal acquisition, combined noise reduction optimization, precise phase unwrapping, dynamic range expansion and vibration compensation, comprehensive improvement of laser interference measurement signals is realized.

A LiDAR apparatus, including: a laser to generate an optical signal; modulation components configured to receive the optical signal as an input and to output at least two corresponding modulated optical signals at respective output ports, wherein each modulated optical signal is modulated by a corresponding pseudo-random bit sequence, and: (i) the optical signals have respective different delays such that the modulations do not overlap in time; or (ii) the pseudo-random bit sequences have low cross-correlation; for each of the at least two modulated optical signals, a corresponding optical transmitter configured to transmit the corresponding modulated optical signal towards a corresponding surface spaced from the LiDAR apparatus by a corresponding distance, and a corresponding optical receiver configured to receive a portion of the transmitted optical signal scattered and / or reflected by the surface, the received portion of the optical signal having a phase shift and / or Doppler shifted angular frequency due to radial motion of the LiDAR apparatus relative to the surface; at least one photodetector to receive the optical signals received by the optical receivers, interfered with a reference beam, and to generate a corresponding output signal; at least one analogue to digital converter to generate a digital signal representing the output signal from the at least one photodetector; and a digital signal processing component configured to process the digital signal to generate LiDAR data representing the distances to the surfaces and / or relative velocities of the surface(s) with respect to the apparatus.

A machine vision system may include a meta-imager including a meta-optic and a polarization-sensitive photodetector. A machine vision system may further include and at least one processor operably coupled to the polarization-sensitive photodetector, and at least one memory operably coupled to the at least one processor. A machine vision system may be configured to: receive, from the polarization-sensitive photodetector, a plurality of feature maps; input, into a trained artificial neural network, the plurality of feature maps; and process, using the trained artificial neural network, the plurality of feature maps to recognize an object.

The invention relates to an extended-range resonant photoacoustic cell for acetylene detection and a detection method thereof, belongs to the technical field of partial discharge in a high-voltage insulating transformer, and provides the extended-range resonant photoacoustic cell for acetylene detection in order to solve the problem that a photoacoustic spectrum detection device is poor in sensitivity. Comprising a first buffer cavity, a second buffer cavity, a laser, four reflectors, a photoelectric detector and a controller which are arranged in a shell, and a resonance gas chamber is arranged between the first buffer cavity and the second buffer cavity so as to communicate the first buffer cavity with the second buffer cavity; the laser is located on one side of the first buffer cavity. The four reflectors are symmetrically arranged in the first buffer cavity and the second buffer cavity in pairs respectively; the photoelectric detector is used for detecting optical signals; the microphone is used for sound signals; the controller is used for processing the optical signal and the acoustic signal to obtain a detection result of the characteristic gas. The four reflectors not only can increase the absorbance, but also can realize continuous monitoring and improve the detection sensitivity.

The present disclosure pertains to head-mounted dual-sided photoplethysmography (PPG) systems and methods for blood flow measurement. In one embodiment, a system comprises a frame designed to be worn on a user's head, integrating a first PPG device positioned on the first side of the user's nose and a second PPG device on the opposite side. Each PPG device includes a light source and photodetector, enabling the capture of optical signals indicative of blood flow within the nasal tissue. A computer is operatively connected to both PPG devices, responsible for obtaining first and second signals from each side and processing these signals to calculate comprehensive measurements of the user's blood flow. This dual-sided configuration enhances measurement accuracy and reliability by mitigating motion artifacts and improving signal quality compared to traditional single-sided PPG systems.

The invention belongs to the technical field of retina imaging and fundus three-dimensional reconstruction, and particularly relates to a color three-dimensional fundus imager optical system. Comprising a large eye objective lens, a dichroscope, a hollow reflector, a focusing lens, a spectroscope, a retina lens, a retina imaging chip, a fixation lens, a sighting mark lamp, an illumination lens, an annular light source, a pupil lens, a pupil imaging chip, an infrared lens, an infrared dodging lens, an infrared light source, a scanning lens, a three-dimensional galvanometer, a collimator, a coupler, a frequency sweeping light source and a dispersion compensator. A polarization controller, a coupler and a photoelectric detector. The system is mainly composed of a visible light imaging light path, an infrared imaging light path and a laser imaging light path, the visible light imaging light path is used for shooting color fundus two-dimensional images, the infrared imaging light path is used for real-time positioning and focusing of human eye pupils, and the laser imaging light path is used for three-dimensional tomography of retinas. The objective of the invention is to solve the problem that existing medical equipment cannot acquire fundus color three-dimensional images.

A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner includes a plurality of gamma radiation detector modules arranged to form a detector ring. Each detector module includes an array of scintillator detectors. Each scintillator detector comprises a monolithic scintillation crystal and a plurality of photodetector arrays, such as silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs). A photodetector array is positioned on at least two nonparallel faces of each scintillation crystal. In some examples, a photodetector array is positioned on each of three orthogonal faces of each scintillation crystal.

A display device, including a display module, a photodetector, a processor, and an optical structure layer, is provided. The display module is used for displaying an image. The photodetector is electrically connected to the display module and is used for detecting brightness of an ambient light and outputting a sensing signal. The processor is electrically connected to the display module and the photodetector, and is used for receiving the sensing signal and outputting a command signal to the display module according to the sensing signal, so that the display module adjusts brightness of the image according to the command signal. The optical structure layer is disposed on the display module. A glossiness of the optical structure layer is between 4 GU and 35 GU, and a reflectivity of specular component included (SCI) of the optical structure layer is between 3% and 6%.

The present disclosure relates to an active graded magnetic compensation system and method for an unshielded SERF magnetometer. The system comprises: a detection laser, a half-wave plate, a magnetic field compensation coil, a magnetic field modulation coil, a non-magnetic heating assembly, an alkali-metal atomic vapor cell, a polarizing beam splitter prism, a balanced photodetector, a graded feedback control module, a pump laser, a quarter-wave plate, a focusing lens and a photodetector. By means of the present disclosure, a graded compensation system is used to realize high-precision compensation for a magnetic field within a large dynamic range in a geomagnetic environment, thereby ensuring that an instrument carries out high-sensitivity magnetic field measurement under geomagnetic conditions.

The invention discloses a matrix calculation method, device and system based on an optical calculation architecture and a medium, the optical calculation architecture comprises an input waveguide, light splitting units, an output waveguide and a photoelectric detector, and the light splitting units are arranged in multiple rows and multiple columns and each comprise an input port and two output ports. Two adjacent light splitting units in each row of light splitting units are connected, the first light splitting unit is connected with an input waveguide through an input port, each light splitting unit is connected to an output waveguide, and the output waveguides connected with each column of light splitting units are connected with the same photoelectric detector; determining the light splitting weight of each light splitting unit according to the light splitting ratio design parameter of each light splitting unit; respectively inputting each light splitting weight into a corresponding light splitting unit and respectively providing a to-be-calculated optical signal to each input waveguide; the light splitting unit inputs the light passing through the light splitting unit to the output waveguide connected with the light splitting unit according to the light splitting weight part; and obtaining a detection result of each photoelectric detector, and determining a matrix operation result of the to-be-calculated optical signal.

The invention discloses a high-resolution optical fiber integrated diamond color center sensor and a measuring method, the sensor comprises an optical fiber responsible for inputting exciting light and collecting fluorescence, the end face of the optical fiber is provided with a diamond color center, the diamond color center is excited by the output of the optical fiber, and a quartz capillary is arranged outside the optical fiber and the diamond color center. A microwave antenna is wound outside the quartz capillary tube, and a part of a bare wire of the microwave antenna is connected with the radio frequency line. The measuring method comprises the following steps: exciting a diamond color center; applying microwaves to the diamond color center; fluorescence generated by stimulated radiation of the NV color center is output by the optical fiber circulator and is input into the photoelectric detector through the filter; the upper computer controls the microwave generator to sweep frequency; the photoelectric detector performs photoelectric conversion, and the upper computer processes microwave frequency sweeping signals and electric signals. The magnetic field size and the temperature size of the sample to be measured in the micro space can be measured, and the device has the advantages of being high in spatial resolution, high in integration level, high in flexibility, high in controllability and the like.

An on-chip mid-infrared micro-ring resonant cavity microfluidic spectrometer is integrated on a substrate material and comprises a spot size converter, an optical coupler, a microfluidic module, a micro-ring resonant cavity, a miniature thin-film resistance heater, a sequential control power supply module, an optical filtering system and a photoelectric detector array. Selective filtering is performed on an input optical signal, and the flow and flow velocity of liquid or gas to be detected are controlled by using the microfluidic module, so that selective absorption of spectral components of the liquid or gas to be detected is realized. In addition, the invention also discloses a mid-infrared integrated optical chip micro-fluidic multiphase detection device comprising the spectrometer and a detection method thereof, the device also comprises a pumping and reference light source module and an on-chip mid-infrared frequency comb generation module, a broadband frequency comb is generated as a light source, a photoelectric detector array is used for collecting signals, and the detection precision is improved. The detection and inversion of the type and concentration of multi-component liquid or gas to be detected are realized, and the on-chip, real-time and micro detection of multi-component substances is realized.

The invention relates to an optical fiber communication sensing integrated architecture and a working method thereof. Comprising a sensing system laser, a coupler, a polarization beam splitter, a semiconductor optical amplifier, a polarization multiplexing communication transmitting system, a polarization wavelength two-dimensional demultiplexer, namely a WDM-PM device, a coarse wavelength division multiplexer MMI-WDM, a single-mode fiber, a polarization multiplexing communication receiving system, a polarization diversity double-balanced photoelectric detector PBPD, and an ROTDR and phi OTDR data processing unit. According to the invention, not only can high-capacity and long-distance communication under fusion of polarization multiplexing and wavelength division multiplexing be realized, but also sensing and communication can be fused through a wavelength division multiplexing system, the quality of sensing signals is improved through polarization diversity reception on the basis, and mutual promotion of communication and sensing is realized.

Methods and devices for a display apparatus. In one aspect, a display apparatus includes a display device including a transparent layer, a display integrated circuit layer including one or more display control circuits, and a shielding layer between the transparent layer and the display integrated circuit layer, a near-infrared (NIR) light source and a visible light source, and a detector device including a detector integrated circuit layer including one or more detector control circuits, where a surface of the detector device contacts a surface of the display device, and a photodetector electrically coupled to at least one detector control circuit and including a detection region positioned to receive NIR light propagating from a front side of the display device to a back side of the display device along a path, where the shielding layer includes a filter region positioned in the path.

To provide a technique capable of inversely transforming a detection signal of a photodetector by using an optimal transformation matrix.SOLUTION: An optical measurement device includes: an optical sensor unit for detecting pulse-like signal light so as to output a detection signal composed of exponential responses; an A / D conversion unit for converting the detection signal into a digital signal; a setting unit for setting a transformation matrix for inversely transforming the digital signal; and a calculation unit for inversely transforming the digital signal by the transformation matrix set by the setting unit so as to calculate an estimated pulse of the signal light.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention relates to an optical acoustic sensor, in particular to a high-sensitivity acoustic sensor based on Fano resonance and a measuring method. The problem that an existing optical acoustic sensor is low in sensitivity is solved. A high-sensitivity acoustic sensor based on Fano resonance comprises a 1550nm laser, a phase modulator, a first polarization controller, a conical optical fiber, a CaF2 crystal resonant cavity, a second polarization controller, a photoelectric detector, an oscilloscope and a computer. The emergent end of the 1550nm laser is connected with the head end of the conical optical fiber through the phase modulator and the first polarization controller in sequence; the conical optical fiber is coupled with the CaF2 crystal resonant cavity; the tail end of the conical optical fiber is connected with the incident end of the photoelectric detector through the second polarization controller; the signal output end of the photoelectric detector is connected with the signal input end of the oscilloscope; the signal output end of the oscilloscope is connected with the signal input end of the computer. The method is suitable for acoustic signal measurement in the fields of industry, traffic, environmental protection, medical treatment and the like.

Data are optically transmitted from a power tool device, such as a power tool, a power tool battery charger, power tool pack adapter, and / or a battery pack. The data are stored in a memory of the power tool device and are encoded as optical signal data to provide an encoded representation of the stored data. An optical transmitter (e.g., a light emitting diode or a flat panel display) transmits the optical signal data, which are detected or otherwise received by an optical receiver device, which may include a camera or other photodetector. The optical signal data may include light signals generated by an LED, where the data are encoded using an encoding scheme that modulates one or more characteristics (e.g., amplitude, wavelength, color) of the generated light signals. The optical signal data may also include images (e.g., barcodes, QR codes) or characters.

The invention discloses a method for detecting the strain of a key part of a wind turbine generator based on a temperature compensation OFDR demodulation weak fiber bragg grating array, and relates to the technical field of wind turbine generator detection, and the method comprises the steps: installing a weak fiber bragg grating sensor array at the key strain part according to the structural characteristics of the wind turbine generator, a temperature reference grating is arranged in the non-strain area or the constant-temperature area so as to monitor the temperature change in real time; a tunable laser, an optical fiber coupler and a photoelectric detector are utilized to construct an optical frequency domain reflection demodulation system, and system calibration is completed; based on an optical frequency domain reflection demodulation system, reflection spectrum signals are collected, the relation between wind turbine generator strain and temperature change is analyzed through a temperature compensation mechanism, and strain information of key parts of the wind turbine generator is obtained. According to the method, the accuracy and reliability of strain detection are effectively improved, and the problem of measurement errors caused by neglecting the influence of temperature change in a traditional method is solved.

The invention discloses a double-comb non-cooperative target ranging system based on single photon detection, which is characterized in that an optical pulse output by a first optical frequency comb is divided into two paths of light through a first beam splitter, the first path of light is combined with one of two paths of light divided by a second optical frequency comb through a second beam splitter, and the combined light is transmitted to a first nonlinear frequency up-conversion module; a sum frequency light pulse in the wave band of 780 nm is generated and detected by a base avalanche diode photoelectric detector, and then a time-dependent single photon counter is triggered to start counting; the second path of light is output to a beam expanding collimator through the circulator and irradiates a target to be measured through spatial propagation, the beam expanding collimator collects diffuse reflection light and returns the diffuse reflection light to a third port of the circulator along the original path, and the diffuse reflection light and the other path of light split by the second optical frequency comb through the second beam splitter are combined and transmitted to a second nonlinear frequency up-conversion module; the up-conversion light after sum frequency conversion passes through the optical filter group and then is recorded by a stop end of the single photon counting module, multi-cycle accumulative statistics is carried out by the time correlation single photon counter, and finally a photon counting waveform is reconstructed and the flight time difference of the to-be-measured target is calculated by the computer.

Structures for a photonics chip that include a photonic component and methods of forming such structures. The structure may comprise a photodetector on a substrate and a waveguide core. The photodetector includes a light-absorbing layer having a longitudinal axis, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall adjoined to the first sidewall at an interior angle. The first sidewall is slanted relative to the longitudinal axis, and the second sidewall is oriented transverse to the longitudinal axis. The waveguide core includes a tapered section adjacent to the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the light-absorbing layer.

The utility model provides a low-reflection light-splitting monitoring fiber laser which comprises a fiber amplifier, a light-splitting isolation assembly, an output head and a photoelectric detector. The light splitting isolation assembly comprises a double-fiber collimator, a two-stage isolator and a single-fiber collimator which are sequentially arranged in the direction of a main light path, the double-fiber collimator comprises a first optical fiber, a second optical fiber, a first capillary tube and a first lens, and the fiber core end of the first optical fiber and the output end face of the first capillary tube form a first beam expanding length; the fiber core end of the second optical fiber and the input end face of the second capillary tube form a second beam expanding length, the input end of the first optical fiber is connected with the optical fiber amplifier, the output end face of the first lens faces the input end of the two-stage isolator, the output end face of the first lens is plated with an anti-reflection film, and the output end of the second optical fiber is connected with the photoelectric detector. According to the scheme, the optical path is more concise, a device optical fiber coupler is saved, more space is reserved, and the integration level of the laser module is higher.

To ensure stable transfer capability. A photodetector includes a semiconductor layer having a first surface and a second surface located on opposite sides, a photoelectric conversion unit in the semiconductor layer that converts, through photoelectric conversion, light incident from a second surface side of the semiconductor layer, a charge holding unit on a first surface side of the semiconductor layer, a transfer transistor that includes a gate electrode and that transfers signal charge generated by the photoelectric conversion unit through the photoelectric conversion to the charge holding unit, and an isolation region on the first surface side of the semiconductor layer. The gate electrode includes a head on the first surface side of the semiconductor layer and legs that extend from the head in a thickness direction of the semiconductor layer and that are in the isolation region adjacent to the semiconductor layer via a gate insulating film.

A circuit, including: a photodetector including a first readout terminal and a second readout terminal different than the first readout terminal; a first readout circuit coupled with the first readout terminal and configured to output a first readout voltage; a second readout circuit coupled with the second readout terminal and configured to output a second readout voltage; and a common-mode analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including: a first input terminal coupled with a first voltage source; a second input terminal coupled with a common-mode generator, the common-mode generator configured to receive the first readout voltage and the second readout voltage, and to generate a common-mode voltage between the first and second readout voltages; and a first output terminal configured to output a first output signal corresponding to a magnitude of a current generated by the photodetector.

The invention discloses an independent double-single-side-band direct detection system based on geometric shaping and digital chaotic encryption, and belongs to the field of terahertz communication. According to the detection system, an external cavity laser ECL of a sending end generates continuous optical carriers, the continuous optical carriers are input into an I / Q modulator, a TX-DSP module generates two independent vector radio frequency signals of GS-QPSK and GS-NQAM through geometric shaping and a three-dimensional multi-vortex chaos system technology, the I / Q modulator is driven to modulate the input optical carriers, and the optical carriers are transmitted to a receiver. After being amplified, the terahertz signals are input into a one-way carrier photoelectric detector for frequency beating to obtain independent double-sideband terahertz signals, the independent double-sideband terahertz signals are input into a frequency mixer of a receiving end for frequency mixing with generated local oscillation signals, down-conversion of the signals is achieved, and fundamental frequency signals are obtained; and then the data are input to an RX-DSP module, normalization, down-sampling, signal separation, de-mapping, symbol-level and bit-level decryption and other operations are carried out, and finally two paths of original data are obtained to solve the bit error rate. According to the invention, the system communication capacity is improved, and the security of independent double-sideband signal transmission is improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of atmospheric environment monitoring, and particularly relates to an unmanned aerial vehicle laser radar calibration quality control system and method, and the system comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle flight platform, a laser radar module, a navigation positioning module, a control communication module, a data processing module and a ground station. The unmanned aerial vehicle flying platform comprises a shockproof holder and a protective pod; the laser radar module comprises a laser radar, a scanner module and a photoelectric detector module. According to the invention, one unmanned aerial vehicle is adopted to carry various different types of laser radars, the extinction coefficient is measured by combining optical beam splitting, signal processing and algorithm inversion technologies, and atmospheric particulate classification is effectively monitored through cooperation of a high-precision optical system and an algorithm; the extinction coefficient and the depolarization ratio work cooperatively, high-precision quantitative analysis and classification of pollutants can be achieved, the combined measurement function of the extinction coefficient and the depolarization ratio is achieved, and high-resolution three-dimensional monitoring of atmospheric particulates is achieved through multi-parameter cooperative inversion of the laser radar.

Aspects of the present disclosure include methods for determining baseline noise of a photodetector (e.g., in a light detection system of a particle analyzer). Methods according to certain embodiments include irradiating a sample having particles in a flow stream, detecting light with the photodetector from the irradiated flow stream, generating data signals from the detected light and calculating a moving average mean squared error of the generated data signals to determine the baseline of the photodetector. Systems (e.g., particle analyzers) having a light source and a light detection system that includes a photodetector for practicing the subject methods are also described. Integrated circuits and non-transitory computer readable storage medium are also provided.

The problem of forming a deep trench isolation structure suitable for photodetectors with small pitch is solved by a process in which a grid of trenches is etched from the front side using high energy plasma followed by annealing. The trenches are filled with an oxide followed by etching to recess the oxide. The trench recesses are filled with semiconductor to form a grid-shaped semiconductor structure. After FEOL processing, BEOL processing, attachment to a second substrate, and thinning from the back side, an etch removes the oxide from the back side. The etch stops on the grid-shaped semiconductor structure. The trenches are then lined and filled from the back side. The front side etch allows the trenches to be made narrow and with highly vertical sidewalls. Lining and filling the trenches from the back side provides good optical and electrical isolation.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional silicon-based macroscopic graphene composite wide-spectrum detector and a preparation method, and the photoelectric detector comprises a silicon layer which is provided with an insulating dielectric layer, the insulating dielectric layer and the silicon layer are provided with concentric grooves, a top electrode is arranged above the insulating dielectric layer, and a bottom contact electrode is arranged below the silicon layer; the three-dimensional silicon nano strip is arranged in the groove in the silicon layer and is connected with the silicon layer; the macroscopic assembly graphene is arranged above the top electrode and the insulating dielectric layer, is in direct contact with the top electrode and the insulating dielectric layer, and is in contact with the three-dimensional silicon nano strip to form a Schottky node; and the part in the groove area of the insulating dielectric layer is patterned to form the macroscopic assembly graphene nano strip. The invention relates to the technical field of photoelectric detection, realizes the composition of a macroscopically assembled graphene nanostructure and a silicon nanostructure for the first time, and solves the problem that the existing silicon-based graphene photoelectric detector has weak detection performance in an ultra-wide spectral range, especially in an infrared band.