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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 1989
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1986
Carlos Bustamante, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Frederick K Husher, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David Beach, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for forming a differential image of a specimen is disclosed. The two images whose difference is used to generate the differential image are made by illuminating said specimen with polarized light, each image corresponding to illuminating the specimen with light of a different polarization. The intensity of the differential image at each point is related to the difference in intensities observed when the point in question is illuminated with light having the different polarizations divided by the sum of said observed intensities. The present invention includes a light source for illuminating the image with polarized light having a polarization which oscillates between first and second preselected states of polarization, said oscillations occurring at a predetermined frequency. The intensity of light leaving each of a preselected plurality of points on the specimen is measured as a function of time by a light detecting apparatus which generates an electrical signal which is related to the intensity of light at the preselected point in question. This electrical signal is used as input to a lock-in amplifier referenced to said predetermined frequency. The output of this amplifier is related to the difference in intensity of the two images at the preselected point in question. The present invention measures the output of the lock-in amplifier and the time averaged input signal to the lock-in amplifier at each of the preselected points and displays the ratio of said output to the time averaged input to the lock-in amplifier as a two dimensional image.
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