Patents
Patents for G01B 9 - Instruments as specified in the subgroups and characterised by the use of optical measuring means (14,810)
02/1999
02/02/1999US5867268 Optical fiber interferometer with PZT scanning of interferometer arm optical length
02/02/1999US5867258 System for multiplexed high resolution measurement of frequency variations in multimode fiber laser acoustic sensors
02/02/1999US5866436 Process of manufacturing an intergrated circuit having an interferometrically profiled mounting film
01/1999
01/28/1999WO1999004220A1 Method and apparatus for surface profiling of materials and calibration of ablation lasers
01/28/1999DE19832175A1 Method of transverse optical coherence tomography
01/28/1999CA2296484A1 Method and apparatus for surface profiling of materials and calibration of ablation lasers
01/27/1999EP0893715A1 Method of producing an optical fibre resonant cavity, in particular for an interferometric sensor, and optical fibre resonant cavity produced thereby
01/27/1999EP0893675A1 Luminous intensity sensor element and light beam modulating method and device employing such a sensor element
01/27/1999EP0893669A1 Device and method for measuring deformation of a mechanical test specimen
01/27/1999EP0892909A1 Diffraction management for grazing incidence interferometer
01/26/1999US5864402 Holder for holographic testing of aspherical lenses with spherical and flat reflective surfaces
01/21/1999WO1999002974A1 Wave field microscope, method for a wave field microscope, including for dna sequencing, and calibration method for wave field microscopy
01/21/1999WO1999002939A1 Methods and devices for very rapid scan interferometry
01/21/1999WO1999002938A2 Two piece mirror arrangement for interferometrically controlled stage
01/21/1999CA2296276A1 Two piece mirror arrangement for interferometrically controlled stage
01/20/1999CN1041769C Optical measuring instruments
01/19/1999CA2065593C Cantilever unit and atomic force microscope, magnetic force microscope, reproducing apparatus and information processing apparatus using the cantilever unit
01/14/1999WO1999001812A1 Extended resolution phase measurement
01/14/1999WO1999001716A1 Ablation profiler
01/14/1999DE19830596A1 Wave field microscope for e.g. DNA sequencing
01/14/1999CA2294185A1 Ablation profiler
01/13/1999CN2304136Y False colour conversion apparatus for metallurgical microscope
01/12/1999US5859364 Scanning probe microscope
01/12/1999CA2007560C Linear-and-angular measuring plane mirror interferometer
01/07/1999WO1999000640A1 Method and device for measuring the concentration of ions implanted in semiconductor materials
01/06/1999CN2303267Y Computer contacting type interferometer
12/1998
12/16/1998EP0883793A1 Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a fiber optic imaging guidewire, catheter or endoscope
12/16/1998EP0883791A1 Interferometer
12/16/1998EP0581871B1 Apparatus for optical imaging and measurement
12/16/1998CN1201901A Wave-length scanning and interfering system and signal process method therefor
12/15/1998US5850038 Scanning probe microscope incorporating an optical microscope
12/10/1998WO1998055830A1 Doppler flow imaging using optical coherence tomography
12/09/1998EP0882961A2 Environmental sensing
12/09/1998EP0722558A4 Interferometric method and apparatus to measure surface topography
12/08/1998US5847830 Method for measuring retarded light through very long baseline interferometry and natural or artifical diffraction effects
12/08/1998US5847828 Michelson interferometer using matched wedge-shaped beam splitter and compensator
12/08/1998US5847827 Coherence biometry and coherence tomography with dynamic coherent
12/06/1998CA2236201A1 An unbalanced fiber optic michelson interferometer as an optical pick-off
12/03/1998WO1998054542A1 Interferometric measuring device
12/03/1998WO1998053730A1 Confocal scanning microscope with angled objective lenses for improved axial resolution
12/02/1998EP0881040A2 Method and apparatus for in-situ monitoring of thickness using a multi-wavelength spectrometer during chemical-mechanical polishing
11/1998
11/24/1998US5841536 Polarization interferometer apparatus using the polarization dependent phase lag in a birefringent retarder
11/24/1998US5841535 Multiaxis distance measuring device requiring alignment along only one axis
11/24/1998US5841149 Method of determining the distance of a feature on an object from a microscope, and a device for carrying out the method
11/19/1998WO1998052021A1 Grating based phase control optical delay line
11/19/1998WO1998051992A1 Interferometer tunable in a non-mechanical manner by a pancharatnam phase
11/19/1998DE19720246A1 Abstimmbares Interferometer A tunable interferometer
11/18/1998EP0877913A1 Device for measuring the thickness of transparent objects
11/17/1998US5838869 Strip waveguide and uses thereof
11/17/1998US5838485 Superheterodyne interferometer and method for compensating the refractive index of air using electronic frequency multiplication
11/12/1998WO1998050779A1 Surface analysis using gaussian beam profiles
11/12/1998CA2288880A1 Surface analysis using gaussian beam profiles
11/11/1998EP0876595A1 Low-coherence interferometric device
11/11/1998EP0876582A1 Sensing method and apparatus
11/10/1998US5835642 Optical fiber interferometer and piezoelectric modulator
11/10/1998US5835216 Method of controlling a short-etalon fabry-perot interferometer used in an NDIR mearsurement apparatus
11/10/1998US5835215 Glucose concentration measuring method and apparatus with short coherence source and heterodyne interferometer
11/10/1998US5835213 Triple modulation experiment for a fourier transform spectrometer
11/04/1998EP0875744A2 Method and apparatus for inspecting a test piece by optical metrology
11/04/1998EP0874973A1 Method for interferometer based spectral imaging of moving objects
11/03/1998US5831733 Apparatus and methods for measuring gaps while compensating for birefringence effects in the measurement path
10/1998
10/29/1998WO1998035203A3 Method and apparatus for performing optical measurements using a rapidly frequency-tuned laser
10/29/1998WO1998027446A3 Temperature compensated fiber bragg gratings
10/28/1998EP0874216A2 Optical probe, method of manufacturing an optical probe, and scanning probe microscope
10/28/1998EP0874215A2 Method and device for measuring lengths and distances
10/27/1998US5828459 Apparatus and method for scanning laser microscopy
10/27/1998US5828456 Multiaxis laser interferometry distance measuring device
10/22/1998WO1998046966A1 Apparatus and methods for measuring gaps while compensating for birefringence effects in the measurement path
10/21/1998EP0872752A1 Interferometric telescope system
10/20/1998US5825493 Compact high resolution interferometer with short stroke reactionless drive
10/20/1998US5825491 Interferometer alignment system utilizing a step calibration
10/20/1998US5825490 Interferometer comprising translation assemblies for moving a first optical member relative to a second optical member
10/20/1998US5825465 Autodyne detection laser velocimeter
10/20/1998US5825409 Flexible disk mode observer
10/20/1998US5823942 Endoscope with surface and deep portion imaging systems
10/18/1998CA2235059A1 Interferometric telescope system
10/15/1998DE19715232A1 Optical path difference determination method
10/13/1998US5822136 Friction connector for optical flats in interferometers
10/13/1998US5822066 Point diffraction interferometer and pin mirror for use therewith
10/13/1998US5821424 Method and apparatus for analyzing the fill characteristics of a packaging container
10/06/1998US5818632 Multi-element lens system
10/06/1998US5818588 Displacement measuring method and apparatus using plural light beam beat frequency signals
10/06/1998US5818584 Multiport optical waveguide interferometer having a flat wavelength response
10/01/1998WO1998043069A1 Optical measuring instrument
10/01/1998WO1998043068A1 Optical measuring instrument
10/01/1998WO1998043042A1 Spectral bio-imaging methods for cell classification
10/01/1998DE19810811A1 Flatness measurement and analysis method
09/1998
09/29/1998US5815266 Sensing method and apparatus
09/23/1998EP0635697B1 Measuring arrangement
09/22/1998US5810719 Endoscope
09/15/1998US5808742 Optical alignment apparatus having multiple parallel alignment marks
09/15/1998US5808739 Optical instrument
09/15/1998US5807387 Optical designation device especially for microsurgical operations
09/11/1998WO1998038907A1 Instrument for optically scanning of living tissue
09/10/1998DE19708163A1 Schaltung zur Signalaufbereitung von in einem Heterodyninterferometer auftretenden Signalen Circuit for signal conditioning of signals occurring in a Heterodyne
09/09/1998EP0862725A1 Rugged moving-mirror interferometer
09/08/1998US5805282 Method and apparatus for coherence observation by interference noise
09/08/1998US5803680 Instrument for machining the surface of parts in technical cavities
09/03/1998WO1998038476A1 Imaging photorefractive optical vibration measurement method and device
09/03/1998WO1998038475A1 Apparatus for precise length measurement calibration