JP2002168767A - Spectroscopic irradiation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute a synergistic light deterioration test for applying simultaneously and superposing each different spectral wavelength, vary optionally the spectral wavelength to be applied, and display and directly read the applied spectral wavelength. SOLUTION: A spectroscopic chamber is divided into a first spectroscopic chamber 4 and a second spectroscopic chamber 5, and one irradiation window is irradiated with irradiation light from each spectroscopic chamber. A diffraction grating 12 of the second spectroscopic chamber is formed so that the incident angle of the diffraction grating can be varied optionally by combination of a micrometer and a sine bar, and that an optional spectral wavelength can be applied. In addition, a wavelength scale plate 15 for displaying a irradiation wavelength range from the second spectroscopic chamber can be moved horizontally corresponding to the variable quantity of the incident angle, to thereby enable to directly read the irradiation spectral wavelength range.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for examining the wavelength dependence of deterioration in a light resistance test for accelerating the deterioration of various industrial materials and products due to light, and a synergistic light deterioration in which different specific wavelengths are superimposed. The present invention relates to a technique for performing a test, and particularly to an improvement in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-234181.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an apparatus for examining the wavelength dependence of photodeterioration of various industrial materials and products and performing a synergistic photodeterioration test in which different specific wavelengths are superimposed, the present applicant has disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-234.
No. 181. FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of the spectral irradiation device disclosed in the publication.

[0003] In FIG. 4, a light source (air cooling 5) is provided in a light source room.
kW short arc xenon lamp) and two concave mirrors for effectively condensing the light.
A heat ray absorbing filter for removing excess heat rays is provided.

[0004] The spectroscopic chamber is provided with a slit, a concave mirror and two diffraction gratings. The concave mirror is composed of a plurality of (four in the example of the specification of the publication) small concave mirrors, and each small concave mirror is provided with an angle adjusting mechanism for adjusting a converging angle.

[0005] The two diffraction gratings are incorporated in a pedestal equipped with a diffraction grating moving mechanism, and one of the diffraction gratings is for a fixed specific wavelength (in the embodiment of the specification, 250 nm to
(The wavelength range of 700 nm), and another diffraction grating is provided with a diffraction grating bending mechanism, and the selected wavelength (250 nm to 475 n in the example of the specification).
m, three wavelength ranges of 350 nm to 575 nm and 450 nm to 650 nm are described).

[0006] The diffraction grating for the fixed specific wavelength and the diffraction grating for the selected wavelength are alternately moved to the focal position of the concave mirror body by the diffraction grating moving mechanism, so that a synergistic effect in which spectral energies of different specific wavelengths are superimposed. This is a spectral irradiation device that can perform a light degradation test. In addition, when performing a synergistic light degradation test in which spectral energies of different specific wavelengths are simultaneously superimposed, one of the fixed specific wavelength diffraction grating and the selection wavelength diffraction grating is used, and a part of the small concave mirror body is used. It is described that the reflection angle of the concave mirror can be changed by an angle adjusting mechanism (in the specification of the publication, two out of four small concave mirrors are angle-adjusted).

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-2
In the case of the spectral irradiation apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 34181, first, it is possible to perform a synergistic light degradation test in which spectral energy of different specific wavelengths are superposed, but a diffraction grating for a fixed specific wavelength and a diffraction for a selected wavelength are used. Since the test is performed by alternately switching the grating with the moving device, it is impossible to irradiate substantially two different spectral wavelengths at the same time.

Second, as described in the specification,
By changing the reflection angle of a part of the concave mirror of the small concave mirror with respect to one diffraction grating, it becomes possible to simultaneously make different specific wavelengths. However, it is very difficult to delicately adjust the reflection angle to obtain an arbitrary specific wavelength, and it is not possible to immediately confirm which wavelength range is split into the irradiation window by changing the reflection angle.

Assuming that the angle (incident angle) between the incident light and the diffraction grating normal in the diffraction grating is α and the angle (diffraction angle) between the diffracted light and the diffraction grating normal is β, the relational expression is Nmλ. =
where sin α ± sin β, N is the number of grooves per mm, m is the diffraction order, and λ is the wavelength. From this relational expression, the number of grooves 1200
When the diffraction order is m = 1, the diffraction angle β is fixed, and when the wavelength at the diffraction angle β when the incident angle is changed by 1 ° is calculated, a shift of about 12 nm occurs with respect to 1 °. . From this, the reflection angle of the concave mirror, whose angle has been adjusted once, can be artificially adjusted in units of 1 ° or 0.1 ° with screws attached to the four corners of the concave mirror to irradiate light in an arbitrary wavelength range. Reworking is an extremely difficult task.

Third, in the embodiment of the specification of the publication, a predetermined selected wavelength (250 nm to 475 in the specification) is used.
nm, 350 nm to 575 nm, and 450 to 650 nm) by switching with a wavelength selection switch, and performing a test, there was inconvenience that other wavelength ranges could not be arbitrarily selected.

[0011]

The following means are used to solve the above-mentioned problems. First, in order to simultaneously apply different specific wavelengths to one device under test, a first spectroscope and a second spectroscope are provided, and the scattered light from each spectrometer is transmitted through one irradiation window to be tested. I put it on my body.

Next, a second problem is that a sine bar is supported on the center axis of the diffraction grating of the second spectroscope so that an arbitrary wavelength range can be disperse | distributed to a test object, and a micrometer and a sine bar are interlocked. Then, the angle of incidence on the diffraction grating can be arbitrarily and precisely varied.

A third problem is that when the incident angle on the diffraction grating is changed, the first light receiving portion is provided above the irradiation window so that the wavelength range of the light to be measured can be confirmed at a glance. A first wavelength scale plate indicating the spectral wavelength range of the detector and a second wavelength scale plate indicating the spectral wavelength range of the second light receiver, wherein the second wavelength scale plate changes the incident angle to the diffraction grating. Accordingly, the scale plate displaying the wavelength range is simultaneously moved horizontally by a distance commensurate with the change amount.

In other words, a potentiometer for converting the angle change of the sine bar of the diffraction grating into a voltage signal is connected to the center axis of the diffraction grating using a spur gear, and a rack gear is supported on the second wavelength scale plate. At the end of the rack gear, a stepping motor carrying a pinion gear for moving the scale plate and a potentiometer carrying a pinion gear for converting the moving distance of the scale plate into a voltage signal are arranged, and The difference between the voltage signal of the potentiometer and the potentiometer of the second wavelength scale plate is transmitted to the servo amplifier, and the stepping motor of the second wavelength scale plate is controlled so that the difference between the voltage signals becomes zero. Enabled to display the wavelength range that is split into the body.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A spectral irradiation apparatus (1) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front vertical sectional view showing a main part of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a panel of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows a mechanism of a diffraction grating changing mechanism and a scale plate horizontal moving mechanism. It is the conceptual diagram shown.

The spectral irradiation apparatus (1) shown in FIG. 1 comprises a first light source chamber (2), a second light source chamber (3), a first spectral chamber (4), a second spectral chamber (5), and a first wavelength scale. It comprises a plate (14), a second wavelength scale plate (15), an irradiation window (16) and the like.

Each of the first light source chamber (2) and the second light source chamber (3) is provided with a 300 W air-cooled short arc xenon lamp as a light source (6a, 6b). A reflecting mirror for condensing light is provided. Each of the light sources (6a, 6b) is connected to an individual lighting device, so that only one of the light sources (6a) and (6b) can be turned on, and the light sources (6a) and (6b) can be turned on simultaneously. It is.

The partitions separating the first light source room (2) and the first spectral room (4) and the second light source room (3) and the second spectral room (5) are collected from the light sources (6a, 6b). An opening through which the emitted irradiation light passes and a variable slit (7a, 7b) provided with a slit width variable mechanism are provided.

The optical arrangement in the first spectroscopic chamber (4) and the second spectroscopic chamber (5) basically employs a Czerny-Turner type. In the first spectroscopic chamber (4), the irradiation light that has passed through the variable slits (7a, 7b) is redirected by the plane mirror (8a) and the collimator mirror (9a), and is irradiated on the diffraction grating (11) with a fixed incident angle. And distributed here,
The camera mirror (10a) focuses on the irradiation window (16). Further, in the second spectroscopic room (5), the direction is changed by the plane mirror (8b) and the collimator mirror (9b), and the light is radiated to the variable incident angle diffraction grating (12).
0b), it is focused in the irradiation window (16).

The fixed incident angle diffraction grating (11) and the variable incident angle diffraction grating (12) use the same diffraction grating having 1200 grooves / mm, and make the incident angle from the collimator mirrors (9a, 9b) 30 °. The irradiation window (16) is provided with a transparent filter (quartz filter),
The size of the irradiation window is 160 mm in width (in the wavelength direction) and 15 mm in height. The dispersion wavelength range of the fixed incident angle diffraction grating (11) and the variable incident angle diffraction grating (12) is as follows. In the initial stage in which the incident angle is not changed in 12), it is designed such that the dispersion window of each of 220 nm to 550 nm is irradiated to the irradiation window (16).

As described above, the irradiation window (16) is provided with a transparent filter (quartz filter).
When only the + 1st order light of the diffraction grating is used in the wavelength range of 0 nm to 550 nm, since it is affected by the + 2nd order light of the diffraction grating in the wavelength range exceeding 440 nm, a filter for cutting off the + 2nd order light is added. Have been.

Above the irradiation window (16), a first wavelength scale plate (14) for displaying a spectral wavelength range from the first spectral chamber (4) and a spectral wavelength range from the second spectral chamber (5). A second wavelength scale plate (15) for indicating the position is displayed. The first
The scales of the wavelength scale plate (14) and the second wavelength scale plate (15) equally divide the irradiation window width 160mm in the wavelength range from 220nm to 550nm at 10nm intervals. The incident angle of the variable incident angle diffraction grating (12) is varied by turning a knob of the micrometer (20) in FIG.

A sine bar (30) of FIG. 3 is carried on the central axis of the variable incident angle diffraction grating (12) along the normal line of the variable incident angle diffraction grating (12). The bar (30) varies the angle α between the incident light on the diffraction grating and the normal to the diffraction grating in conjunction with the movement of the micrometer (20) in FIG. Here, width 160mm, height 1
Wavelength range from 220 nm to 5 irradiating a 5 mm irradiation window
When the angle of incidence α of the dispersed light of 50 nm is changed from 30 ° to 0.5 ° in steps of 0.5 °, how the wavelength range of the dispersed light irradiated at the irradiation window position changes is described by the above-described grating equation, Nmλ = sinα. The table calculated from ± sinβ is Table 1 below.

[0024]

[Table 1]

As can be seen from Table 1, when the incident angle α is changed by 1 °, the wavelength shifts by about 12 nm. In a diffraction grating, the dispersion width of diffracted light of a certain order per unit wavelength is nearly constant. In this embodiment, since the + 1st-order light of the diffraction grating is used, the dispersion angle in the wavelength range from 220 nm to 550 nm when the incident angle is changed from 30 ° to 35 ° in Table 1 is determined by the number of grooves (N). When the calculation is performed with 1200 lines / mm and the diffraction order m = 1, it can be said that the dispersion angle is almost constant at 20.77 ° to 20.83 °.

From this, as an advantage of the diffraction grating, the wavelength scale can be made linear. If the incident angle α to the diffraction grating is changed by the sine bar, the dispersion angle is constant. The point irradiated with the light reflected from the diffraction grating of wavelength (λ) = 220 nm is λa, and the wavelength (λ) = 550.
The point reflected and reflected from the diffraction grating of nm is λb,
Assuming that the wavelength width is λa-λb, the wavelength width λa-λb causes a linear shift as it is in accordance with the change of the incident angle (α), and moves to the position of λa′-λb ′ without changing the wavelength width. I do. Therefore, if the position of the irradiation window is constant, the wavelength range dispersed in the irradiation window can be shifted by moving the sine bar provided on the diffraction grating.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the wavelength of about 60 nm can be varied, and the variation of the incident angle is 5 ° at the maximum.

Variable slits (7a, 7b) in FIG.
Is a slit width adjuster (21a, 21b) shown in FIG. 2, and the slit width can be varied from 0 mm to 10 mm. By varying the slit width, the amount of irradiation light can be adjusted. Although the slit width also affects the resolution, in this embodiment, the resolution when the slit width is 1 mm is about 2 nm.
It is.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing that the second horizontally moving wavelength scale plate operates in conjunction with the operation of the sine bar carried on the variable incident angle diffraction grating (12). The sine bar (3) carried on the axis of the variable incident angle diffraction grating (12) in FIG.
0) is operated by the micrometer (20) in FIG. 2, the operation is transmitted to the spur gear (40a) at the shaft end,
The power is transmitted from the spur gear (40b) meshing with the spur gear (40a) to the first potentiometer (31). The operation of the sine bar (30) (the amount of change in angle) is converted into a voltage signal A by a first potentiometer (31).
It is sent to the servo amplifier (35).

The pinion gear carried on the stepping motor (34) meshes with the rack gear (33) carried on the second wavelength scale (15), and the rotation of the stepping motor (34) is controlled by the second operation. The horizontal operation of the wavelength scale (15) is performed. On the other hand, a second potentiometer (32) is provided at the end of the rack gear (33) carried on the second wavelength scale (15), and the second wavelength scale (15) is horizontally moved (in other words, (The moving distance) is converted into a voltage signal B. The voltage signal B is sent to the servo amplifier (35). The stepping motor (34) until the difference between the voltage signal A of the first potentiometer (31) and the voltage signal B of the second potentiometer (32) becomes zero (until equilibrium is achieved) in the servo amplifier (35). Is controlled to stop when the difference is zero.

[0031]

According to the present invention, since the configuration is as described above, the following effects can be obtained. By arranging a first spectroscope having a fixed incident angle diffraction grating and a second spectroscope having a diffraction grating with a variable incident angle mechanism, a spectral irradiation test in the same wavelength range and a spectral irradiation test in which different wavelength ranges are overlapped can be performed. Irradiation can be performed simply and simultaneously.

Further, the second wavelength scale plate for displaying the spectral wavelength range from the second spectroscope moves horizontally with the change of the incident angle of the diffraction grating with the variable incident angle mechanism, and is irradiated on the irradiation window. Since the degree of shift of the wavelength range can be directly displayed, it is possible to easily confirm which wavelength range is spectrally separated on the device under test.

Further, the diffraction grating with the variable incident angle mechanism can arbitrarily change the angle of incidence with a micrometer. Therefore, a predetermined selected wavelength as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-234181 (250 nm in the specification). ~ 475nm, 350nm ~ 5
75 nm and three wavelength ranges of 450 to 650 nm), any spectral irradiation wavelength range can be selected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front vertical sectional view of a main part of a spectral irradiation apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a panel front view of the spectral irradiation apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing an operation system of a second wavelength scale plate accompanying the operation of the variable incident angle diffraction grating in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a conventional spectral irradiation apparatus.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Spectral irradiation apparatus 2 1st light source room 3 2nd light source room 4 1st spectral room 5 2nd spectral room 6a, 6b Light source 7a, 7b Variable slit 8a, 8b Plane mirror 9a, 9b Collimator mirror 10a, 10b Camera mirror 11 Incident angle Fixed diffraction grating 12 Variable incident angle diffraction grating 14 First wavelength scale 15 Second wavelength scale 16 Irradiation window 17 Sample holder 20 Micrometer 21a, 21b Slit width adjuster 22 Control panel 30 Sine bar 31 First potentiometer 32 First 2 potentiometer 33 Rack gear 34 Stepping motor 35 Servo amplifier 40a, 40b Spur gear

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first spectroscope including a light source having a reflecting mirror for condensing irradiation light, a variable slit, a collimator mirror, a camera mirror capable of changing an angle and a diffraction grating, and a reflection for condensing irradiation light. A light source equipped with a mirror, a variable slit, a collimator mirror, a camera mirror capable of changing the angle, a diffraction grating having a rotation axis carrying a sine bar and a spur gear in cooperation with a micrometer and changing a horizontal movement into a rotation operation, and A second spectroscope that carries a spur gear meshing with the spur gear and includes a first potentiometer that converts a rotation angle of the diffraction grating having the rotation axis into a voltage, and the first and second spectrometers Adjusting the angle of the camera mirror from the above, an irradiation window with a transparent glass filter attached to the same focal position, a sample holder for fixedly placing the test object in front of the irradiation window, and the above-mentioned irradiation window 1st minute A first wavelength display plate fixedly disposed to indicate the spectral irradiation wavelength range of the light irradiator, and a spectral irradiation wavelength range of the second spectroscope indicated, and a rack gear is carried at an end of the display plate; A pinion gear carried by a stepping motor for moving the display board in the horizontal direction and a pinion gear carried by a second potentiometer for converting the horizontal movement distance of the display board into a voltage,
The difference between the voltage signals from the first potentiometer and the second potentiometer is transmitted to a servo amplifier, and the stepping motor is controlled so that the difference between the voltage signals becomes zero, so that the second wavelength display that can move horizontally is displayed. A test in which each of the first and second spectroscopes can display the respective spectral irradiation wavelength ranges, and the irradiation energy is increased by overlapping the dispersed light of the same specific wavelength range. A spectral irradiation apparatus characterized in that, by shifting and irradiating only dispersed light within a specific wavelength range, different wavelengths can be simultaneously irradiated and a synergistic light deterioration test can be superposed.