Method and arrangement for detecting light signals

US7859673B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Carl Zeiss Micromanaging GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Gunter Moehler · Jena, DE
• Dietmar Schmidt · Kahla, DE
• Mirko Liedtke · Jena, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 2, 2007
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2010
• Expiry date: Feb 5, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B21/16
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for detecting and analyzing light signals, in which a light signal impinges an optoelectric converter, where it is converted into an electric signal and the electric signal subsequent to the conversion is distributed into several analysis channels (13.1-13.4), within each analysis channel (13.1), (i) a signal analysis is performed, which is different from the signal analysis for the other analysis channels (13.2-13.4) and (ii) an output signal is created. In such a method, one or more output signals are selected for further processing and output using a specified, changeable selection criterion.