Light simple mirror

Due to diffraction effects of micron-sized mirrors in a regular array, commonly used techniques for surface characterization based on interferometry are inefficient. To overcome the diffraction effects we have developed a novel surface characterization method with an incoherent light source, based on the Foucault s knife-edge test (Zamkotsian and Dohlen, 1999). Since Leon Foucault introduced the knife-edge test in the last century (Foucault, 1859), it has been widely used for testing optical surfaces (see Ch. 3). The test offers a simple way of obtaining easily understandable, qualitative information of the surface shape. 

Emission sensing arrangements are usually quite simple, provided the sample is significantly warmer than its surroundings, including all parts of the sensing unit in contact with the radiation. The hot sample acts as the source. The emitted light is collected by suitable optics, usually mirror... 

Equation 18-14 says that, at low concentration, emission intensity is proportional to analyte concentration. Data for anthracene in Figure 18-22 are linear below 10 6 M. Blank samples invariably scatter light and must be run in every analysis. Equation 18-14 tells us that doubling the incident irradiance (P0) will double the emission intensity (up to a point). In contrast, doubling P0 has no effect on absorbance, which is a ratio of two intensities. The sensitivity of a luminescence measurement can be increased by more than a factor of 3 by the simple expedient of using a mirror coating on the two walls of the sample cell opposite the slits in Figure 18-20.15... 

An infrared spectrometer measures the frequencies of infrared light absorbed by a compound. In a simple infrared spectrometer (Figure 12-4), two beams of light are used. The sample beam passes through the sample cell, while the reference beam passes through a reference cell that contains only the solvent. A rotating mirror alternately allows light from each of the two beams to enter the monochromator. 

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