Patents
Patents for G01B 9 - Instruments as specified in the subgroups and characterised by the use of optical measuring means (14,810)
04/2001
04/12/2001WO2001025721A1 Methods and apparatus for splitting, imaging, and measuring wavefronts in interferometry
04/11/2001EP1090268A1 Interferometer
04/11/2001CN1290849A Photoelectric geometric parameter measurer and measuring method for cornea contacting lens
04/04/2001CN1290339A Method and apparatus to determine fly height of recording head
04/03/2001US6211965 Photolithographic position measuring laser interferometer with relitively moving measuring intereometer
04/03/2001US6211964 Method and structure for incorporating fiber optic acoustic sensors in a seismic array
03/2001
03/29/2001WO2001022468A1 High bandwidth recoiless microactuator
03/28/2001EP1086353A1 Method and apparatus for determining processing chamber cleaning or wafer etching endpoint
03/27/2001US6208424 Interferometric apparatus and method for measuring motion along multiple axes
03/27/2001US6208415 Birefringence imaging in biological tissue using polarization sensitive optical coherent tomography
03/21/2001EP1085292A1 Coordinate transforming method in position setting means of observation device and observation device equipped with coordinate transforming means
03/21/2001EP1084378A1 Methods and apparatus for confocal interference microscopy using wavenumber domain reflectometry and background amplitude reduction and compensation
03/20/2001US6204925 Interferometer having a micromirror
03/15/2001WO2001018586A1 Achromatic phase shift device and interferometer using achromatic phase shift device
03/14/2001EP1082630A1 Apparatus for producing and guiding a light beam
03/14/2001EP1082582A1 Compensation for measurement uncertainty due to atmospheric effects
03/14/2001EP1082580A1 Modulation interferometer and fiberoptically divided measuring p robe with light guided
03/14/2001EP1082579A1 Heterodyne confocal microscopy
03/13/2001US6201609 Interferometers utilizing polarization preserving optical systems
03/08/2001WO2001016628A1 Polarization preserving optical systems
03/08/2001WO2001016557A1 Interferometer having reduced ghost beam effects
03/08/2001WO2001016556A1 Interferometers utilizing polarization preserving optical systems
03/07/2001EP1081456A2 Anti-glitch system and method for laser interferometers using frequency dependent hysteresis
03/06/2001US6198574 Polarization preserving optical systems
03/06/2001US6198540 Optical coherence tomography have plural reference beams of differing modulations
03/01/2001WO2001014837A1 Michelson interferometer with a calibration device
03/01/2001WO2001014824A1 Fabrication of fabry-perot polymer film sensing interferometers
03/01/2001WO2000042906B1 Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging
02/2001
02/28/2001EP1078216A1 Method and apparatus for recording three-dimensional distribution of light scattering
02/28/2001EP0776181B1 Optical designating device, especially for use in microsurgery
02/27/2001US6195168 Infrared scanning interferometry apparatus and method
02/27/2001US6195162 Seismic sensor with interferometric sensing apparatus
02/27/2001US6192734 Disposable calibration target
02/22/2001WO2001013099A1 Optical inspection system based on spatial filtering using a refractive-index-grating
02/22/2001WO2001013059A1 Detection of film thickness through induced acoustic pulse-echos
02/22/2001WO2001012060A2 Methods for noninvasive analyte sensing
02/22/2001DE19939574A1 Three-dimensional object sampling involves capturing particles in capture potential, measuring positions of captured particles moving essentially unhindered within capture potential
02/22/2001DE10035667A1 Infrared scanning interferometry equipment and method employs a wide band infrared light source
02/21/2001EP1077360A1 Optical coherent tomography apparatus, fiberoptic lateral scanner and method for studying biological tissues in vivo
02/21/2001EP1076805A1 Method of tuning an optical device
02/20/2001US6191862 Methods and apparatus for high speed longitudinal scanning in imaging systems
02/20/2001CA2199087C Fiber optic hydrophone having rigid mandrel
02/13/2001US6188482 Apparatus for electronic speckle pattern interferometry
02/13/2001US6188480 Interferometric measurement of positions, position changes, and physical quantities derived therefrom
02/08/2001WO2001009643A1 Method and device for measuring distance
02/08/2001WO2000025086A8 Apparatus and method for producing a spectrally variable radiation source and systems including same
02/01/2001WO2001007885A2 Phase-shifting point diffraction interferometer focus-aid enhanced mask
02/01/2001DE19933291A1 Apparatus for detecting optical signals or generating optical signals by modulation of optical carriers
02/01/2001DE19930628A1 Instrument for measuring topography has a device for non-contact micrometer recording of a surface structure and a telescope barrel displacement to produce a profiled measuring signal corresponding to the surface structure.
01/2001
01/31/2001EP1071920A1 Method and system for determining the wavelength of light transmitted through an optical fiber
01/31/2001EP0876582A4 Sensing method and apparatus
01/31/2001CN1281970A Micro-displacement interferometry apparatus for semiconductor laser
01/30/2001US6181471 Illuminating system for image processing measuring apparatus
01/30/2001US6181430 Optical device for measuring a surface characteristic of an object by multi-color interferometry
01/30/2001US6181420 Interferometry system having reduced cyclic errors
01/30/2001US6179611 Dental optical coherence domain reflectometry explorer
01/30/2001US6178813 Vibration distortion removal for scanning probe microscopes
01/25/2001DE19919020C1 Analyzing light wave phase information for displaying three-dimensional images involves measuring light displacement in different absorber states
01/24/2001EP1012533A4 Laser measurement system for rapid calibration of machine tools
01/23/2001US6178001 Method and apparatus for optical frequency modulation characterization of laser sources
01/17/2001EP1068491A1 Noise supression apparatus and method for time division multiplexed fiber optic sensor arrays
01/17/2001EP1068486A1 Position measuring device
01/17/2001CN1280293A Measuring method of ohject displacement in nanometer precision
01/11/2001WO2001003258A1 Interferometer control and laser frequency locking
01/11/2001WO2001002799A1 Birefringement interferometer
01/11/2001WO2001001849A1 Closed loop optical coherence topography
01/11/2001WO2000042906A3 Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging
01/11/2001WO2000033021A8 Method for improving measurements by laser interferometer
01/10/2001EP1066507A1 Detection of a substance by refractive index change
01/10/2001EP1066495A2 Apparatus and method for measuring the refractive index and optical path length effects of air using multiple-pass interferometry
01/10/2001EP0874973A4 Method for interferometer based spectral imaging of moving objects
01/09/2001US6172349 Autofocusing apparatus and method for high resolution microscope system
01/04/2001WO2001001090A1 Fabry perot single mode fibre interferometer
01/04/2001WO2001001067A1 Method for improving measurements by laser interferometer
01/04/2001WO2001001064A2 Topographer for real time ablation feedback
01/04/2001DE10028502A1 Interferometer has path length variation device that varies optical path length, deflects beam onto fixed reflector at inclined deflection surface, turns about axis to vary optical path length
01/03/2001EP1065539A2 Optical fiber mach-zehnder interferometer employing miniature bends
01/03/2001EP1065468A1 Linear OCT for use as optical sensor in metrology and medical technology
01/03/2001EP1064517A1 Method and device for measuring absolute interferometric length
12/2000
12/28/2000DE19929406A1 Zeilen-OCT als optischer Sensor für die Meß- und Medizintechnik Line-OCT as an optical sensor for measuring and medical
12/27/2000CN1278057A Method for achieving nano-meter measurement utilizing synthetic wave length method
12/26/2000US6166820 Laser interferometric lithographic system providing automatic change of fringe spacing
12/26/2000US6166818 Interference measurement apparatus, interference measurement probe and interference measurement control system
12/26/2000US6166815 Constantly high sensitivity fiber optic interferometer sensor
12/23/2000CA2311966A1 Optical fiber mach-zehnder interferometer employing miniature bends
12/20/2000EP1060369A1 Birefringence measurement system
12/20/2000EP1021699A4 Method for analyzing a separation in a deformable structure
12/19/2000US6163380 Off-axis coupled etalon interferometers
12/19/2000US6163379 Interferometer with tilted waveplates for reducing ghost reflections
12/13/2000EP1058813A1 Interferometer and method for measuring the refractive index and optical path length effects of air
12/13/2000EP1058812A1 Interferometric measuring device for determining the profile or the pitch of especially rough surfaces
12/13/2000EP1058810A1 Apparatus and methods for measuring intrinsic optical properties of a gas
12/13/2000EP0934501A4 A multi-wavelength reference
12/13/2000EP0932814A4 An optical wavelength scanner employing a reference system
12/13/2000EP0711421B1 Operating microscope
12/12/2000US6160908 Confocal microscope and method of generating three-dimensional image using confocal microscope
12/12/2000US6160826 Method and apparatus for performing optical frequency domain reflectometry
12/12/2000US6160628 Interferometer system and method for lens column alignment
12/06/2000CN1275712A Laser interference length-measuring method
12/06/2000CN1275469A Integral tpe microdisplacement, force three-dimension flexible driving amplifying and steering mechanism