Optical design techniques for environmentally resilient optical computing devices
US9430590B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/0012
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed are optical design techniques for generating environmentally resilient optical elements used in optical computing devices. One method for designing an integrated computational element (ICE) includes generating a plurality of theoretical ICE designs with a design suite stored on a non-transitory, computer-readable medium, each theoretical ICE design being configured to detect a characteristic of interest and comprising one or more layers, sorting the theoretical ICE designs based on performance criteria of each theoretical ICE design and thereby identifying one or more predictive ICE designs, calculating a theoretical effect of a temperature shift on each predictive ICE design, and selecting for fabrication one or more predictive ICE designs based on favorable temperature stability.
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