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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Karl Knop, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
356434 ; 364850 ;
Abstract
The ratio of the intensity of two light beams is determined by an apparatus which includes a chopper wheel for chopping one of the light beams, a photodetector for detecting the intensity of both light beams applied simultaneously thereto, and a logarithmic amplifier for amplifying the current produced by the photodetector. The AC component of the logarithmically amplified current represents the ratio of the intensity of the two light beams.