Method for optical measurement and optical measurement apparatus
AssigneeFurukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsKen Tsukii, Jie Xu, Kenichi Kimura
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Abstract
An optical measurement apparatus can be provided, in which the sample is optically measured without loss of the illuminating light with high sensitivity. A glass plate as the transparent member 50 is placed in the interface between the end face 43 of the optical waveguide 40 guiding the illuminating light L generated by the laser light source 20 and the wall face of the capillary 30. According to the above feature, the air layer is prevented from existing in the interface between the end face 43 of the optical fiber 40 and the wall face of the capillary 30, thus the sample S can be optically measured with high sensitivity and few variability without causing the loss of the illuminating light L.
Claims13
An optical measurement apparatus in which an illuminating light is irradiated to a sample in order to measure optical information of the sample dispersed in a liquid flowing through a flow passage in one direction,
- wherein a transparent member is arranged in an interface between an end face of an optical waveguide guiding the illuminating light generated by a light source and a wall face of the flow passage,
- wherein the optical waveguide is supported movably along an axis direction of the optical waveguide, a first direction perpendicular to the axis direction of the optical waveguide, and a second direction respectively perpendicular to the axis direction of the optical waveguide and the first direction.
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