Patents
Patents for G01B 9 - Instruments as specified in the subgroups and characterised by the use of optical measuring means (14,810)
12/2000
12/05/2000US6157458 Achromatic quarter wave plate for an air turbulence compensating inteferometer
11/2000
11/30/2000WO2000071968A1 Device and method for optical path length measurement
11/29/2000EP1055982A1 Phase modulation in an interferometer
11/28/2000US6154310 Ultrashort-pulse source with controllable multiple-wavelength output
11/28/2000US6152870 Endoscope
11/23/2000WO2000070302A1 Device for detecting or generating optical signals
11/23/2000WO2000069333A1 Optical detection of dental disease using polarized light
11/23/2000WO2000069330A1 Dental optical coherence domain reflectometry explorer
11/23/2000DE19922782A1 Apparatus for detecting optical signals or generating optical signals by modulation of optical carriers
11/21/2000US6151127 Confocal microscopy
11/21/2000US6151115 Phase-shifting point diffraction interferometer focus-aid enhanced mask
11/15/2000EP1052475A2 Interferometer, displacement measuring apparatus, and information recording or/and reproducing apparatus using it
11/14/2000US6147930 Optical hydrophone with digital signal demodulation
11/14/2000US6147763 Circuitry for processing signals occurring in a heterodyne interferometer
11/14/2000US6147762 Method of spectroscopic investigation of electromagnetic radiation by means of a fourier spectrometer
11/14/2000US6147758 Projection measuring instrument
11/09/2000WO2000066969A2 Interferometry system having a dynamic beam-steering assembly for measuring angle and distance
11/07/2000US6144456 Apparatus having a multiple angle transparent rotating element for measuring the thickness of transparent objects
11/07/2000US6144449 Low coherence interferometric device
11/07/2000US6142989 Apparatus and method for customized laser correction of refractive error
11/02/2000WO2000065304A1 Monolithic optical assembly
11/02/2000WO2000065303A1 Gas insensitive interferometric apparatus and methods
11/02/2000WO2000065302A1 Interferometric apparatus and method that compensate refractive index fluctuations
11/02/2000WO2000065301A1 Helium-neon laser light source generating two harmonically related, single-frequency wavelengths for use in displacement and dispersion measuring interferometry
10/2000
10/31/2000US6141577 Three dimensional optical imaging colposcopy
10/31/2000US6141147 Optical unit for image projection and tool incorporating same
10/31/2000US6141138 Apparatus and method for measuring characteristics of light
10/31/2000US6141101 Monolithic optical assembly
10/31/2000US6141099 Compact, variable length interferometer delay stage
10/31/2000US6141098 Fiber optic temperature sensor
10/25/2000EP1046881A1 Alignment and handover calibration with hole shadows and ion implanter with e-chuck and gripper
10/24/2000US6137585 Method and apparatus for recording three-dimensional distribution of light backscattering potential in transparent and semi-transparent structures
10/24/2000US6137574 Systems and methods for characterizing and correcting cyclic errors in distance measuring and dispersion interferometry
10/17/2000US6134003 Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope
10/12/2000DE10015243A1 Positionssensor für beweglichen Körper sowie optische Interferometer Position sensor for moving body and optical interferometer
10/05/2000WO2000058690A1 Coordinate transforming method in position setting means of observation device and observation device equipped with coordinate transforming means
10/05/2000DE10015242A1 Optikteil-Antriebsgerät und optisches Interferometer Optics member driving device and optical interferometer
10/05/2000DE10005696A1 Periodically operating optical path length modulator for periodic change of optical path length of a light beam e.g. in optical interferometry
10/04/2000EP1019795A4 Extended resolution phase measurement
10/04/2000EP0682771B1 Method for surface topography measurement by spatial-frequency analysis of interferograms
10/03/2000US6128127 Differential interference contrast microscope and microscopic image processing system using the same
10/03/2000US6128083 Displacement measuring apparatus
10/03/2000US6128082 Technique and apparatus for performing electronic speckle pattern interferometry
09/2000
09/28/2000WO2000057228A2 Apparatus for producing and guiding a light beam
09/27/2000EP0998656A4 Method and apparatus for surface profiling of materials and calibration of ablation lasers
09/27/2000CN1268221A Image quality mapper for progressive eyeglasses
09/26/2000US6124931 Apparatus and methods for measuring intrinsic optical properties of a gas
09/26/2000US6124930 Method and arrangement for transverse optical coherence tomography
09/26/2000US6124929 Michelson interferometer with orbiting retroreflector
09/21/2000WO2000055573A1 Systems and methods for characterizing and correcting cyclic errors in distance measuring and dispersion interferometry
09/21/2000WO2000055572A1 Multiple layer confocal interference microscopy using wavenumber domain reflectometry and background amplitude reduction and compensation
09/21/2000DE10009217A1 Methods for optical determination of characteristic values of lens systems such as radius, thickness air gaps etc. by determining number of strip cycles that occur with changing wavelengths
09/20/2000EP1037019A2 Interference measuring apparatus
09/20/2000EP1036307A1 Interferometric sensing apparatus
09/19/2000US6122060 Method and apparatus for detecting ultrasonic surface displacements using post-collection optical amplification
09/19/2000US6122058 Interferometer system with two wavelengths, and lithographic apparatus provided with such a system
09/19/2000US6121604 Optical probe, method of manufacturing an optical probe, and scanning probe microscope
09/13/2000EP0801760B1 Method of determining the distance between a feature on an object and a surgical microscope and a device for carrying out the method
09/13/2000CN1266486A fiber-optic frequency shifter, optical insterferometer and method of generating two complementary optical interference signals using the same
09/12/2000US6118580 Confocal scanning microscope with angled objective lenses for improved axial resolution
09/12/2000US6118534 Sensor and method for measuring changes in environmental conditions
09/12/2000US6118533 Method and apparatus for measuring the concentration of ions implanted in semiconductor materials
09/12/2000US6118518 Assembly comprising a pocket 3-D scanner
09/06/2000CN1265752A Extended resdution phase measurement
09/05/2000US6115127 Non-contact measurements of ultrasonic waves on paper webs using a photorefractive interferometer
09/05/2000US6115122 Fabry-perot fiber bragg grating multi-wavelength reference
09/05/2000US6115121 Single and double superimposing interferometer systems
08/2000
08/31/2000DE19958555A1 Strahlteilerbaugruppe sowie Interferometer mit einer Strahlteilerbaugruppe Beam splitter assembly and interferometer with a beam splitter assembly
08/30/2000EP1031868A1 Compensated parallel beam splitter with two plates and interferometer
08/30/2000EP1031010A1 Monolithic optical assembly and associated retroreflector with beamsplitter assembly
08/29/2000US6111646 Null test fourier domain alignment technique for phase-shifting point diffraction interferometer
08/29/2000US6111645 Grating based phase control optical delay line
08/29/2000US6111634 Method and apparatus for in-situ monitoring of thickness using a multi-wavelength spectrometer during chemical-mechanical polishing
08/24/2000WO2000049364A1 Combining interference fringe patterns to a moire fringe pattern
08/23/2000EP1030205A2 Apparatus for reflecting light and changing the length of optical path
08/17/2000WO2000042380A8 Coupled etalon interferometers
08/17/2000WO2000017605A9 Dynamic beam steering interferometer
08/16/2000EP0902895A4 Interferometric signal processing apparatus
08/10/2000DE19944018A1 Architektur für ein Luftturbulenz-kompensiertes Zwei-Wellenlängen-Heterodyninterferometer Architecture for an air turbulence-compensated two-wavelength heterodyne
08/10/2000DE19902781A1 Meßkopfhalterung Measuring head
08/09/2000EP1026487A2 Double pass etalon spectrometer
08/09/2000EP1025417A1 Method and device for measuring the optical properties of transparent and/or diffusive objects
08/09/2000CN2391169Y Micro-displacement semi-conductor laser interferometering instrument
08/03/2000WO2000045153A1 Optical coherence microscope and methods of use for rapid in vivo three-dimensional visualization of biological function
08/03/2000DE10003088A1 Projection-type instrument for enlarging and projecting image of small workpiece for comparative measurement, has liquid crystal display projection screen that has monitoring display to indicate workpiece profile measuring line graph
08/03/2000CA2361195A1 Optical coherence microscope and methods of use for rapid in vivo three-dimensional visualization of biological function
08/02/2000EP1022978A1 Confocal scanning microscope with angled objective lenses for improved axial resolution
07/2000
07/27/2000WO2000043730A1 Methods and apparatus for high-speed longitudinal scanning in imaging systems
07/27/2000WO2000042906A2 Fiber optic needle probes for optical coherence tomography imaging
07/26/2000EP1022546A1 Support for a measuring head
07/26/2000EP1021699A1 Method for analyzing a separation in a deformable structure
07/25/2000US6094411 Confocal microscope with optical recording and reproducing apparatus
07/25/2000US6094260 Holographic interferometry for monitoring and controlling laser shock peening
07/25/2000US6092414 Method for analyzing a separation in a deformable structure
07/20/2000WO2000042380A1 Coupled etalon interferometers
07/19/2000EP1019795A1 Extended resolution phase measurement
07/19/2000EP1019703A1 Interferometric method and apparatus
07/19/2000EP1019688A1 Orrichtung z
07/19/2000CN1260474A Structure of double wavelength heterodyne interferometer for compensating air disturbance
07/18/2000US6091496 Multiple layer, multiple track optical disk access by confocal interference microscopy using wavenumber domain reflectometry and background amplitude reduction and compensation