OPTICAL KNIFE-EDGE DETECTOR WITH LARGE DYNAMIC RANGE

• Main Author: AHARONI Abraham
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.08.2016
• Subjects: APPLICATIONS OF SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES, e.g. SCANNING PROBEMICROSCOPY [SPM]; COLORIMETRY; MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT,POLARISATION, PHASE OR PULSE CHARACTERISTICS OF INFRA-RED,VISIBLE OR ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT; MEASURING; PHYSICS; RADIATION PYROMETRY; SCANNING-PROBE TECHNIQUES OR APPARATUS; TESTING

A detection arrangement and method for directing the sensitivity of an optical knife-edge detection system to its optimal operating point. This is referred to as an increase in the detection dynamic range of the system with advantageous applications for detecting motion of a surface such as for Atom...