WO2015155349A1 - Procédé et système d'identification ou d'estimation de l'indice de réfraction d'un liquide - Google Patents

Procédé et système d'identification ou d'estimation de l'indice de réfraction d'un liquide Download PDF

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WO2015155349A1
WO2015155349A1 PCT/EP2015/057881 EP2015057881W WO2015155349A1 WO 2015155349 A1 WO2015155349 A1 WO 2015155349A1 EP 2015057881 W EP2015057881 W EP 2015057881W WO 2015155349 A1 WO2015155349 A1 WO 2015155349A1
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Pétur Gordon HERMANNSSON
Christoph Vannahme
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  • the present invention relates generally to a system (and corresponding method) for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid, where the system comprises a light receiving part adapted to receive, during use, polarised or non-polarised light and a light emitting part adapted to transmit, during use, light.
  • refractive index identification or estimation within food production is e.g. the benefit for winemakers to be able to measure the sugar content in grape juice, also known as 'Must weight', by a refractometer in order to estimate the ripeness of grapes which the
  • the Must weight also indicates the amount of alcohol that can be produced if all the sugar is used for fermentation.
  • traditional refractometers normally have fairly limited capabilities beyond simply displaying a measured sugar content of a liquid and often only measure the refractive index at a single wavelength.
  • Patent specification US 5,610,392 discloses a method to observe film thickness and/or refractive index by colour difference. More specifically, this specification discloses observing film thickness and/or refractive index according to a colour difference where light beams from a white light source are irradiated onto the surface of a solid or liquid and the reflected light beams are coloured by partial extinction of the reflected light beams to observe the difference of film thickness and/or refractive index according to colour difference.
  • US patent application 2009/0079976 discloses photonic crystal (PC) sensors, sensor arrays and sensing systems incorporating PC sensors which are described as having integrated fluid containment and/or fluid handling structures. The PC sensors are further integrated into a sample handling device, such as a microwell plate.
  • Sensors and sensing systems of the disclosure are capable of high throughput sensing of analytes in fluid samples, bulk refractive index detection, and label-free detection of a range of molecules, including biomolecules and therapeutic candidates.
  • the disclosure also provides a commercially attractive fabrication platform for making photonic crystal sensors and systems wherein an integrated fluid containment structure and a photonic crystal structure are fabricated in a single molding or imprinting processing step amendable to high throughput processing.
  • the PC sensor is mainly intended for use in a controlled lab environment with conventional optical equipment and rather complex or bulky handling of the flowing fluids, e.g. bio-samples. This renders the widespread use of this sensor costly and complex.
  • an objective is to provide a system and corresponding method that enables identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid in a simple, quick, in-expensive, and/or reliable manner.
  • a further object is to identify or estimate the refractive index of a liquid as a function of wavelength, known as the dispersion profile of the liquid, in a simple and reliable way.
  • one or more of these objects are achieved at least to an extent by a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid, the system comprising
  • a light receiving part adapted, during use, to receive polarised or nonpolarised light
  • a light emitting part adapted, during use, to transmit light
  • an optical structure o being adapted to receive, during use, polarised light via or from the light receiving part
  • a first polariser adapted, during use, to receive transmitted light from the optical structure and the received liquid
  • the light receiving part, the received liquid, the first polariser, and the light emitting part defines an optical path and wherein the system is adapted, during use, to pass the received polarised light through the optical path so that a narrow wavelength range/band of the transmitted light is influenced by the predetermined refractive index of the received liquid and that the influenced narrow wavelength range/band, when observed by a user and/or captured by an image capturing unit, enables identification or estimation of the predetermined refractive index of the liquid.
  • the word 'predetermined' may be understood in the meaning that the refractive index is an inherent property that the liquid has but it is not yet, at least exactly, known to the user of the invention.
  • the term 'predetermined' may optionally be omitted from the above definition of the invention.
  • narrow wavelength range/band is to be understood as a wavelength range/band that is sufficiently narrow to obtain a preferred accuracy in relation to estimating a refractive index and/or dispersion profile (see later).
  • the narrow wavelength range/band is to be understood as a wavelength range/band that is sufficiently narrow to obtain a preferred accuracy in relation to estimating a refractive index and/or dispersion profile (see later).
  • the narrow wavelength range/band is to be understood as a wavelength range/band that is sufficiently narrow to obtain a preferred accuracy in relation to estimating a refractive index and/or dispersion profile (see later).
  • wavelength range/band may be selected from the interval being less than about 45 nanometers. In other embodiments and/or combinations, the narrow wavelength range/band may be selected from the interval being about 0.5, 1 or 2 to about 20 nanometers. In yet other embodiments and/or combinations, the narrow wavelength range/band may be selected from the interval being about 10 to about 20 nanometers. In further embodiments and/or
  • the narrow wavelength range/band may be selected from the interval being about 2.5 to about 7.5 nanometers. In yet further embodiments and/or combinations, the narrow wavelength range/band may be selected from the interval being about 0.5 to about 2.5 nanometers.
  • the actual narrow wavelength range/band in a given implementation may depend on a requirement or wish for a given accuracy in identifying or estimating a refractive index and/or dispersion profile, i.e. on its intended application or use.
  • the inventors have realized structures with a narrow wavelength range/band that was about 2.5 2.0, 1 .5, 1 .0, nanometers and less.
  • the narrow wavelength range/band was about 2.5 2.0, 1 .5, 1 .0, nanometers and less.
  • wavelength ranges/bands of Figure 3 are e.g. between about 5 to about 10 nanometers. However, even more narrow bands of about 0.9 nm (FWHM) in an optical structure has been obtained, cf. Figure 15, the curve far right 'all- polymer' embodiment.
  • FWHM 0.9 nm
  • a narrow wavelength range/band being relatively large, e.g. about 40 nanometers, could measure a liquid's refractive index with a relatively low accuracy of say -0.1 refractive index unit (RIU).
  • ROU refractive index unit
  • the optical structure comprises a first and a second material, where the refractive index of the second material is greater than the refractive index of the first material and where the second material is deposited on at least a part of the first material.
  • the optical structure is adapted, during use, to pass received polarised light first through the first material, the second material and then the received liquid so that a component of the polarised light is reflected at the narrow wavelength range.
  • a component of the incident light is reflected and thereby removed from the transmitted light, thus altering the polarization at that wavelength.
  • Only after having been passed through the first polarizer is the light outside of the resonance removed, leading to the sharp transmitted wavelength peak or range.
  • the result is an effective change in polarization, and thus transmission through the first polarizer.
  • the optical structure is an optical grating structure or a guided mode resonance filter (GMRF).
  • GMRF guided mode resonance filter
  • the system further comprises an electronic device comprising a light emitting unit and an image capturing unit, and wherein the system is adapted to be placed on the electronic device so that the light receiving part receives light from the light emitting unit and the light emitting part transmit light to the image capturing unit.
  • the electronic device may - in some variants and embodiments of the present inventions- not be part of the invention as such, but the electronic device may be associated with the optical structure according to the invention in the sense that it may be suitable for interaction with the present invention.
  • the electronic device is a smartphone or tablet or the like and the light emitting unit is a camera flash or a display screen and the image capturing unit is a camera of the smartphone or tablet or the like.
  • the system is adapted to receive non-polarised light, during use, and wherein the system comprises a second polariser adapted, during use, to polarise the received non-polarised light before or when the light is received by the optical structure.
  • the system further comprises a computational device comprising a display emitting, during use, polarised light, and wherein the system is adapted to be placed on the display, during use, thereby receiving polarised light, emitted by the display, at the light receiving part.
  • the system further comprises a computational device comprising a display and at least one processing unit where the at least one processing unit is adapted, during use, to
  • each starting colour being associated with a given refractive index value enabling a user to select a colour best resembling for the user the colour of light emitted from the light emitting part of the system, and thereafter register a selection by a user of a colour among the displayed plurality of colours and display another plurality of different colours associated with refractive index values being closer to the refractive index value associated with the user selected colour, and/or
  • the system comprises a plurality of optical structures with varying geometrical properties, where the varying geometrical properties provide different narrow wavelength ranges of the transmitted light when receiving the liquid enabling, for each optical structure, identification of a refractive index value corresponding with the narrow wavelength range and thereby one dispersion profile data point for each of the plurality of optical structures.
  • the present invention also relates to a method of identifying or estimating a refractive index of a liquid and embodiments thereof corresponding to the system and embodiments thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to a method of identifying or estimating a refractive index of a liquid, the method comprising
  • the light receiving part, the received liquid, the first polariser, and the light emitting part defines an optical path and wherein, during use, the received polarised light is passed through the optical path so that a narrow wavelength range of the transmitted light is influenced by the predetermined refractive index of the received liquid and wherein the influenced narrow wavelength range, when observed by a user and/or captured by an image capturing unit, enables identification or estimation of the predetermined refractive index of the liquid.
  • the first and second aspect of the present invention may each be combined with any of the other aspects.
  • Figure 1 schematically illustrates one embodiment of an optical structure being part of embodiments of the system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid
  • Figure 2A schematically illustrates an exploded view of the optical structure of Figure 1 together with further elements
  • Figure 2B schematically illustrates an exploded view of another optical structure similar to Figure 2A;
  • Figures 6a and 6b schematically illustrate the embodiment of Figure 5 used in connection with an electronic device in the form of a smart phone;
  • Figure 7 schematically illustrates another alternative embodiment of a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid, here as an example shown used in connection with a computational device in the form of a smart phone;
  • Figure 8 schematically illustrates a computational device in the form of a smart phone, an embodiment of a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid, and an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) assisting a user in determining a refractive index value;
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • Figure 9 schematically illustrates an embodiment of a system for
  • Figure 10 schematically illustrates an optical structure and light polarised at an angle compared to the grating structures of the topical structure
  • Figure 1 1 schematically illustrates one embodiment of a computational device in further details for use with a system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid and/or a system 102 for
  • Figure 12 schematically shows an optical structure with alternate high refractive index layer partly in polymer;
  • Figure 13 shows the resulting reflection intensity of the optical structure alternate high refractive index layer from Figure 12;
  • Figure 14 shows a graph with the modelled resonance shifts for three different liquids against air.
  • Figure 15 is a combined graph of the normalized signal intensity for various embodiments of the optical structure according to the present invention.
  • Figure 1 schematically illustrates one embodiment of an optical structure being part of embodiments of the system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid.
  • an optical structure 1 10 comprising a first 1 13 and a second 1 14 material, where the second material 1 14 is deposited on at least a part of the first material 1 13.
  • the first 1 13 and the second material 1 14 together forms the optical structure 1 10.
  • the optical structure 1 10 may e.g. be an optical grating structure e.g. in the form of a guided mode resonance filter (as is shown).
  • the optical structure 1 10 may be any structure that reflects a relatively narrow wavelength range of light received by the optical structure.
  • the first material 1 13 at one end comprises periodic height modulations, i.e. a so-called grating structure or shape.
  • the second material 1 14 is deposited on top of the first material 1 13 at the end or part comprising the periodic height modulations.
  • the shown embodiment may be referred to as a one dimensional grating. It is to be understood that other grating structures could be used, e.g. a two dimensional grating structure comprising periodic height modulations in two directions, which may result in narrower line widths of the transmitted wavelength peaks. This results in two wavelength peaks compared one peak of a one dimensional grating.
  • a two dimensional grating structure may readily be designed in such a way, that one of the peaks occurs somewhere outside the visible spectrum and this is of no consequence for the relevant use.
  • the refractive index of the second material 1 14 is higher than the refractive index of the first material 1 13.
  • the first material 1 13 may e.g. be a low refractive index polymer or
  • (nano-)porous dielectric/glass and the second material 1 14 may e.g. be a high refractive index dielectric, e.g. titanium dioxide.
  • suitable high refractive index dielectric are e.g. tantalum pentoxide, silicon nitride, diamond, etc.
  • FIGs 12 and 13 One particular embodiment with a resonant sensor in polymer as the high refractive index material is given in Figures 12 and 13, the resonant sensor being the optical structure 1 10 according to the present invention.
  • Both the first material 1 13 (low refractive index, LRI) and second material 1 14 (high refractive index, HRI) are manufactured in two different polymers as schematically shown in Figure 12.
  • the liquid for testing may be positioned in the so-called sensing region.
  • the device is a two-layer structure, composed of a low refractive index polymer with a periodically modulated surface height, covered with a smooth upper-surface high refractive index inorganic-organic hybrid polymer modified with ZrO2- based nanoparticles (from micro resist technology GmbH).
  • the periodic height modulations of the first material 1 13 could be facing the opposite way, still with the second material 1 14 being deposited on top of the first material 1 13, i.e. 1 13 and 1 14 in Figure 1 rotated 180°.
  • the optical structure 1 10 may be regarded as a tunable photonic crystal device and the inventors have successfully manufactured such a device, where the layer of the first material 1 13 as one example is about 100 micrometres thick (at its thickest part in the vertical direction of Figure 1 ).
  • the thickness of the layer of the first material may vary e.g. according to specific structure or embodiment and may e.g. generally be in the range of about 1 micrometre to about 100 micrometres.
  • the thickness of the second material may also vary e.g. according to specific structure or embodiment and specific properties of used material(s). Generally, it will be as thin as possible while still being able to perform selective wavelength reflection, as explained elsewhere, e.g. usually a few tens of nanometres, depending on the material.
  • optical structure 1 10 The use and function of the optical structure 1 10 is further explained in connection with Figures 2 and 10.
  • Figure 2A schematically illustrates a partly exploded view of the optical structure of Figure 1 together with further elements.
  • Figure 2A is a partly exploded view, it is to be understood that, during use or after manufacture, the first and the second polarisers 1 15, 1 16 would - in this particular embodiment - be located on top of and below the optical structure 1 10, respectively.
  • the optical structure 1 10 could also be flipped horizontally/rotated 180° around an axis perpendicular to the plane of the figure.
  • FIG 2A Further illustrated in Figure 2A are four arrows, where the lower arrow 135 represents non-polarised white light (entering the second polariser 1 16 as will be explained further in the following) and where the upper arrow 130 represents transmitted light (exiting the first polariser 1 15 as also will be explained further in the following).
  • arrow 125 represent polarised light after exiting the second polariser 1 16 and before it enters the optical structure 1 10 while arrow 132 represent light after exiting the optical structure 1 10 and before it enters the first polariser 1 15.
  • arrow 1 1 1 designates a part of the system 100 being a light receiving part and arrow 1 12 designates a part being a light emitting part of the system 100.
  • the light receiving part 1 1 1 will not necessarily comprise a second polariser 1 16.
  • the optical structure 1 10 is adapted to receive, during use, a liquid (not shown; see e.g. 120 in Figures 5 and 7) having a predetermined (but initially practically unknown or unmeasured) refractive index that is to be identified or estimated.
  • the liquid may be received On top' of the second material 1 14 and also in the grooves of the first material 1 13 as formed by the periodic height modulations.
  • the light receiving part 1 1 1 , the second polariser 1 16, the optical structure 1 10, the received fluid 120, the first polariser 1 15, and the light emitting part 1 12 defines an optical path through which light received at the light receiving part 1 1 1 and exiting at the light emitting part 1 12 propagates during use. It is to be understood, that in this and some (but not all) of the other embodiments throughout the text, the second polariser 1 16 is the light receiving part 1 1 1 1 and the first polariser 1 15 is the light emitting part 1 12.
  • Guided mode resonance filters are periodic optical structures which can act as near perfectly reflecting mirrors for certain polarizations of incident light for a narrow wavelength range.
  • the reflected wavelength range depends on the refractive indices of the materials comprising the GMRF, the geometry of the GMRF (e.g. period), as well as being highly dependent on the refractive index of materials placed upon the surface of the GMRF.
  • wavelengths satisfying the so-called 2nd order Bragg condition are coupled into the GMRF as leaky TM (transverse magnetic) modes which travel only a short distance before being re-emitted in the backwards direction (i.e. coupled out to the zeroth order backward diffracted grating order), while wavelengths not satisfying the condition pass through the structure.
  • This is a phenomenon known as resonant reflection and at the resonance wavelength, the GMRF can in theory have a reflection efficiency of about 100%.
  • both TE and TM modes are excited and resonantly reflected at their respective resonance wavelengths.
  • the angle in question is shown in further detail in connection with Figure 10.
  • the GMRF can be designed in such a way that only TE modes can exist and thus only a single narrow wavelength band or a 'sharp' wavelength peak is transmitted through the system and emitted at the light emitting part 1 12. Since the resonance wavelength is highly sensitive (as e.g. shown and explained further in connection with Figure 3) on the refractive index of materials (e.g. a liquid) placed upon the GMRF 1 10 (while also being dependent on the period of the height modulations of the first material 1 13, layer thicknesses of the second material 1 14 and the specific materials used for the first and second material 1 13, 1 14), the wavelength or colour of the transmitted light 130 readily enables identification or estimation of an refractive index of a liquid material received by the optical structure 1 10.
  • materials e.g. a liquid
  • the invention will work even for embodiments where both a TE mode and a TM mode exist (whereby two narrow wavelength ranges or bands will exist) as the influence (when observed by a user and/or captured by an image capturing unit) of the TM mode will often be low and/or practically negligible.
  • TE and TM modes will exist.
  • the TE resonance wavelength will be widest and contain the most power compared to the TM resonance wavelength and will thus provide a stronger signal.
  • the TM resonance wavelength may yield a more sensitive device. Devices utilising a single narrow wavelength range or band based only on the TM mode is also possible as well as devices utilising the ranges or bands based on both the TE and TM modes.
  • the system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid is adapted, during use, to propagate the received polarised light (as polarised by the second polariser or alternatively by some other means or due to a specific light source being used) through the optical path so that a wavelength or colour of the transmitted light 130 is (greatly) influenced by a refractive index of the received liquid 120 whereby the wavelength or colour, when observed by a user or captured by an image capturing unit, enables identification or estimation of the predetermined refractive index of the liquid 120 in a fast, reliable, and in-expensive manner.
  • broadband light is guided from its source via an optical fiber, and then collimated with a fiber collimator before being polarized with a linear polarizer 1 16' at an angle, ⁇ . of 45 deg. with respect to the sample grating direction.
  • a linear polarizer 1 16' In order to limit the angles of incidence and spot light spot size, an aperture 217 is placed adjacent to the sample surface.
  • the sample on the sensing optical structure 1 10 is mounted on a combined 3-axistranslation and goniometer stage and positioned such that the broadband light is normally incident on the GMRF surface.
  • the GMRF reflects a component of the light leading to an effective rotation in polarization, which in turn enables partial transmission through the first polarizer 1 15' at angle, ⁇ , of 45 deg., while the rest of the spectrum is blocked.
  • a lens 218 focuses the transmitted light into an optical fiber 219 which leads it to a spectrometer for.
  • Identification or estimation of the refractive index of the liquid may be used for many different purposes, e.g. like estimating the sugar content of e.g. juice, lemonade, wine, beer, maple syrup, honey, etc.; estimating battery acid density and/or anti-freezing compound concentration in cooling water/window cleaning water; distinguishing between oils, salinity in aquarium, and sea water; point-of-care medical diagnostics; bio-sensing; and etc.
  • Figure 3 schematically illustrates a graph illustrating a change in peak wavelength or colour being emitted from a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid and embodiments thereof as described throughout the description where the change is caused by a change in the refractive index of the liquid.
  • Shown is a graph 500 illustrating three wavelength profiles or peaks 505, 506, and 507 obtained by a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid according to the present invention where the wavelength profiles correspond to three liquids of different refractive indices.
  • the liquids had refractive indices of 1 .3 (505), 1 .4 (506) and 1 .5 (507).
  • the white light source was a broad-spectrum Xenon lamp.
  • the wavelength profiles 506 and 507 were obtained analogously, but with the following difference: the optical structure on the grating side was covered with oils with refractive indices of 1 .4 and 1 .5, respectively.
  • the wavelength profiles illustrate that when a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid according to the present invention is used, the observed or captured light emitted from the system will give a distinct colour (as also shown in Figure 4) that is strongly tied to and therefore represents the refractive index of the liquid received in the system.
  • Figure 4 schematically illustrates visual identification or estimation of refractive indexes.
  • the liquids for the three images are, as an example, refractive index matching oils.
  • Figure 5 schematically illustrates an alternative embodiment of a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid.
  • a liquid for which the refractive index is to be identified or estimated is received by the system 100 or more particularly by the optical structure 1 10.
  • Non-polarised light 135 is, in this particular embodiment, emitted by the light emitting unit or light source 502 (forth only denoted light emitting unit) and received by the system 100 at its light receiving part 1 1 1 where the second polariser 1 16 will polarise it to an angle of about 45° with respect to the direction of the grating lines of the optical structure 1 10 before it enters the optical structure 1 10 with the liquid 120.
  • the specific refractive index of the liquid 120 will uniquely influence a wavelength range or wavelength peak (as illustrated in Figure 3) of the received light and thereby the colour of the light transmitted through the system 100, as previously explained.
  • the light 132 exiting the optical structure 1 10 is passed through the first polariser 1 15, i.e. just before leaving the system 100, all white light 135 is filtered out, except the narrow wavelength range or wavelength peak that undergoes polarisation rotation by the optical structure 1 10 and the liquid 120, as has been described elsewhere.
  • the light exiting 132 the optical structure 1 10 is sent to the first polariser 1 15 via a suitable optical system, here in the form of two 45° optical mirrors 540, 541 .
  • the light exiting the optical structure 1 10 is first reflected 90° by the first optical mirror 540, the mirror being oriented about 45° with respect to the plane of the device, and then secondly reflected another 90° by the second optical mirror 541 before being received by the first polariser 1 15 and before exiting the system 100 as emitted light 130 at the light emitting part 1 12.
  • the emitted light 130 representing the refractive index of the received liquid 120, is received by an image capturing unit 501 recording an image of the emitted light 130. This allows for presentation and/or further processing of the image.
  • This particular embodiment has the advantage that the emitted light 130 is sent in the opposite direction of the received light 135 by the two optical mirrors 540, 541 whereby the light receiving part 1 1 1 and the light emitting part 1 12 may be located on the same surface, which may be advantageous e.g. as explained in connection with Figures 6a and 6b.
  • the image capturing unit 501 may e.g. be a camera sensor, a CCD or CMOS image sensor, etc., or any other kind of suitable image capturing unit.
  • the light emitting unit 502 may e.g. be a flash or another light source emitting non-polarised white light.
  • the light emitting unit 502 may emit polarised light, in which case the second polariser 1 16 is not needed, e.g. as explained further in connection with the embodiment of Figure 7.
  • first polariser 1 15 alternatively could be placed before the first mirror 540 or between the two mirrors 540, 541 .
  • the shown configuration enables a more flat and/or compact system, which may be advantageous.
  • the mirrors 540, 541 are not used but instead another arrangement is used such as a suitable optical system to send the emitted light 130 in the opposite (or another) direction of the received light
  • Figures 6a and 6b schematically illustrate the embodiment of Figure 5 used in connection with an electronic device in the form of a smart phone. Shown is a (part of a) computational device 200, in this particular exemplary embodiment in the form of a smart phone, comprising a display (not shown). Further schematically shown is a system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid corresponding to the one(s) shown and explained in connection with Figure 5.
  • Figure 6b shows an enlarged part of Figure 6a. Illustrated as part of the system 100 are also two optical mirrors 540, 541 and a first 1 15 and second polariser 1 16.
  • the computational device 200 comprises a light emitting unit 502 and an image capturing unit 501 , in this particular embodiment in the form of a camera flash and a camera, respectively.
  • the system 100 is formed (or adjusted) so that the light receiving part (not shown; see e.g. 1 1 1 in Figures 2, 5 and 7) may be located on the camera flash and the light emitting part (not shown; see e.g. 1 12 in Figure 5) may be located on the camera.
  • the light emitting unit 502 and the image capturing unit 501 of the smart phone may readily be used to produce and obtain a digital image of the actually transmitted colour identifying or estimating the refractive index of a contained liquid, simply by taking a picture.
  • Automatic determination or estimation of the refractive index of a liquid may be provided e.g. by detecting the colour of the captured image and finding a corresponding refractive index value among values and corresponding colours e.g. stored locally or remotely in a database and/or data structure.
  • manual determination or estimation may be provided and e.g. using an advantageous graphical user interface e.g. as the one(s) explained in connection with Figure 8.
  • an advantageous graphical user interface e.g. as the one(s) explained in connection with Figure 8.
  • the system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid is adjustable in the sense that the distance (the horizontal distance in Figures 6a and 6b) between the light emitting part and the light receiving part may be adjusted. In this way, a single system 100 may easily be adjusted to fit and thereby be used with different models of smartphones or the like.
  • the system could also be in two separate parts - one part containing the light receiving part and one containing the light emitting part - where a flexible guide, e.g. like an optical fibre, optically connects the two parts.
  • a flexible guide e.g. like an optical fibre, optically connects the two parts.
  • the mirrors would not be needed and/or the two separate parts could even be on different surfaces or sides of the computational device.
  • computational devices than a smart phone may be used. Examples are e.g. a tablet or the like and in principal any computational device comprising a light emitting unit 502 and an image capturing unit 501 .
  • Figure 7 schematically illustrates another alternative embodiment of a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid, here as an example shown used in connection with a computational device in the form of a smart phone.
  • the system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid 120 and a computational device 200 seen from the side.
  • the system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid 100 comprises in this embodiment, an optical structure 1 10 more or less corresponding in function (but not in design) to the structure of Figures 1 , 2, and 5.
  • the system 100 does not comprise a second polariser (while still comprising a first polariser 1 15).
  • the display of the computational device 200 is used as a light source or a light emitting unit. Since light emitted from a display already will be polarised, there is no need for the second polariser, at least for certain types of displays. The display will emit polarised light 125 that is received by the light receiving part 1 1 1 of the optical structure 1 10.
  • the system 100 will work as previously described and emit transmitted light 130 having a colour determining or estimating the refractive index of a contained liquid 120.
  • Certain displays will emit linearly polarised light that may be completely blocked by a (first) polariser rotated 90° with respect to the polarisation of the given emitted light.
  • the polarisation of the emitted light may be different from display to display but a given polariser, e.g. specific or suitable for certain displays or classes of displays will be usable.
  • Some other displays may e.g. emit light where the polarisation direction of each primary colour (e.g. red, green, and blue) emitted from the display may be different.
  • the primary colours would need to be polarised in the same direction (and then using a first polariser rotated 90° with respect to that same direction).
  • a polarisation rotator such as a half-wave plate (based on birefringence), or other types of polarisation rotators (e.g. based on total internal reflection), etc.
  • Figure 8 schematically illustrates a computational device in the form of a smart phone, an embodiment of a system for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid, and an interactive graphical user interface (GUI) assisting a user in determining a refractive index value.
  • a computational device 200 here as an example in the form of a smart phone.
  • an embodiment of a system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid corresponding to the one in Figure 7.
  • the system 100 is placed on top of an area of the display of the computational device that - during use and as an example - emits polarised white light.
  • a colour will be emitted by the system 100 where the emitted colour has been uniquely influenced by refractive index of the liquid contained in the system. So it should be understood that the colour in the area denoted 'Grating area' in 100 is the colour emitted by the system 100 and not the computational device.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • the second part 801 graphically shows a colour scale with corresponding refractive indexes ranging in shades from blue and the corresponding refractive index being 1 .0 to red and the corresponding refractive index being 1 .8.
  • the first part 800 may interactively be used to manually determine the refractive index of the contained liquid.
  • the first part 800 will show three (or a different number) colours and the user should then select the colour of the shown ones that best matches the colour being emitted by the system 100.
  • three new colours matching the emitted colour more closely is displayed and the user may then select one of these and so on until the user and/or the software determines that the emitted colour (and thereby the refractive index of the contained liquid) has been identified (sufficiently well).
  • the software programme may initially present three or another number of colours being from the mid part and the two different end parts of the colour scale. Depending on which colour is selected, the three new colours to be presented are colours that are matching more closely to the selected colour.
  • the emitted colour of the system 100 is (in addition to the refractive index of a liquid in the optical structure) dependent on the period of the height modulations of the first material of the optical (grating) structure, the layer thicknesses of the second material, and the specific materials used for the first and second material of the optical structure.
  • the emitted colour of the system 100 is (in addition to the refractive index of a liquid in the optical structure) dependent on the period of the height modulations of the first material of the optical (grating) structure, the layer thicknesses of the second material, and the specific materials used for the first and second material of the optical structure.
  • the software programme should be calibrated or programmed initially so that it shows the correct colours and associated refractive index values for the specifically used system 100 when a liquid is added.
  • the programme could comprise a number of such profiles for different systems.
  • the software programme may e.g. be a suitable IOS or Android app or a programme for other operating systems.
  • the first part 800 could e.g. also display the corresponding refractive index values of the shown colours.
  • Figure 9 schematically illustrates an embodiment of a system for
  • the emitted colour of a system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid is (in addition to the refractive index of a liquid in the optical structure) dependent on the period of the height modulations of the first material of the optical structure, the layer thicknesses of the second material, and the specific materials used for the first and second material of the optical structure.
  • the dispersion profile 103 is the wavelength dependence of a contained liquid's refractive index.
  • the geometrical properties as a calibration can be carried out once and for all using liquids of known refractive indices/dispersion so that it is known when a specific wavelength emanates from a given field, then it contains a liquid with a particular refractive index.
  • the ordering of the individual optical structures is in principle not relevant as long as track of what is expected from each optical structure is maintained, e.g. in a software program or similar used for deriving the dispersion profile 103.
  • a different colour would be emitted for each optical structure of the grid or array.
  • Each colour would correspond to a given refractive index at that specific wavelength or colour, allowing a set of pairs of a refractive index value and associated wavelength range or peak (as given by each structure in the grid) to be obtained thereby providing a dispersion profile 103.
  • the colours may e.g.
  • a software programme or similar may derive the dispersion profile 103 based on the captured colours using pre-determined information about each optical structure of the grid, such as calibration relation between emitted colour and refractive index for each of the fields, as explained below.
  • information such as first and second material dispersion, second material thickness, and the period of the height
  • modulations of the first material, and emitted wavelength may be used to accurately determine the refractive index of the received liquid at the emitted wavelength or colour using a mathematical model.
  • Figure 14 shows a graph with the modelled resonance shifts for three different liquids (water, Cagille A 1 .4900, Cargille AAA 1 .3850 from Cargille Lab.) against air from Applied Physics Letters 105, 071 103 (2014), "Absolute analytical prediction of photonic crystal guided mode resonance wavelengths" by the present inventors, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
  • the absolute resonance wavelengths of such structures can be predicted by analytically modeling them as slab waveguides in which the propagation constant is determined by a phase matching condition in an iterative manner.
  • the model is experimentally verified to be capable of predicting the absolute resonance wavelengths to an accuracy of within 0.75 nm, as well as resonance wavelength shifts due to changes in cladding index within an accuracy of 0.45 nm across the visible wavelength regime in the case where material dispersion is taken into account. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the model is valid beyond the limit of low grating modulation, for periodically discontinuous waveguide layers, high refractive index contrasts, and highly dispersive media.
  • a captured image of the colours emitted by all optical structures may be processed in order to provide a refractive index versus wavelength graph (i.e. dispersion profile) based on the captured image.
  • Each used optical structure will transmit/emit a given wavelength peak or colour and from each wavelength peak it is possible to determine a corresponding refractive index value at that wavelength e.g. using a predetermined table between wavelengths and refractive index values or the aforementioned model.
  • a predetermined table would typically be device or system specific and should be generated as part of a calibration step, made once for each specific system.
  • system 102 could e.g. comprise a number of optical structures in a single line or in other patterns.
  • Such a system for identification or estimation of a dispersion profile of a liquid may e.g. be used in an embodiment comprising a computational device as shown in Figures 6a, and 6b.
  • Figure 10 schematically illustrates an optical structure and light polarised at an angle compared to the grating structures of the topical structure.
  • an optical structure 1 here in the form of an optical grating structure, seen from above.
  • the optical structure corresponds to the ones e.g. shown in Figures 1 , 2A, 2B, 5, and 7 and comprises a number of grating lines 150, 151 , where the grey lines 150 are the periodic height modulations and the white lines 151 are the grooves of the structure, respectively.
  • an arrow 152 indicating - as one example - the polarisation of incident light (as a vector) and an angle ⁇ being the angle between the polarisation and the grating structures 151 , 152.
  • Figure 1 1 schematically illustrates one embodiment of a computational device in further details, where the device is for use with a system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid and/or a system 102 for identification or estimation of a dispersion profile of a liquid.
  • communications elements 204 e.g. for communicating via a network, the Internet, a Wi-Fi connection, and/or the like, and a display 205.
  • the device 200 may be a more or less standard computational device, e.g. like a PC, laptop, smartphone, TV, tablet, etc. but suitably programmed to carry out the method(s) or procedure(s) as described in the various embodiments throughout the specification and variations thereof.
  • the device could also be a specialized device for this use only.
  • the program may e.g. be a downloadable app, applet or application or similar e.g. an IOS or Android app.
  • the display 205 may e.g. be a typical integrated 2D display and more preferably a touch sensitive display able to receive input from a user by touch.
  • the device 200 may also comprise an image capturing unit 501 and a light emitting unit/light source 502, e.g. in the form of a built in camera and a flash, respectively. Also shown is a system 100 for identification or estimation of a refractive index of a liquid and/or a system 102 for identification or estimation of a dispersion profile 103 of a liquid as have been described in various
  • This/these identification or estimation system(s) could be integrated into the device 200 but preferably are separate and usable together with the device 200 as has been described earlier. This makes use of the great availability of such devices and further enables further
  • Identification or estimation of the refractive index of the liquid may be used for many different purposes, e.g. like estimating the sugar content of e.g. juice, lemonade, wine, beer, maple syrup, honey, etc.; estimating battery acid density, anti-freezing compound concentration in cooling water/window cleaning water; distinguishing between oils, salinity in aquarium and sea water; point-of-care medical diagnostics, bio-sensing, etc.
  • a device 200 may be advantageous to use a device 200 with computational and/or communications capabilities, e.g. to calculate further or derive results based on the obtained refractive index (e.g. like deriving a sugar content, calculate predictions of values, etc. based on an obtained refractive index).
  • computational and/or communications capabilities e.g. to calculate further or derive results based on the obtained refractive index (e.g. like deriving a sugar content, calculate predictions of values, etc. based on an obtained refractive index).
  • local or remote databases may be used to either store and/or retrieve obtained and/or derived data (e.g. so the development of sugar content may be registered and monitored over time, obtaining and e.g.
  • any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be constructed as limiting the claim.
  • the word “comprising” does not exclude the presence of elements or steps other than those listed in a claim.
  • the word “a” or “an” preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements.
  • the mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to an advantage.
  • a light receiving part (1 1 1 ) adapted, during use, to receive polarised or non-polarised light (125, 135),
  • a first polariser (1 15) adapted, during use, to receive transmitted light (132) from the optical structure (1 10) and the received liquid (120), wherein the light receiving part (1 1 1 ), the received liquid (120), the first polariser (1 15), and the light emitting part (1 12) defines an optical path and wherein the system (100) is adapted, during use, to pass the received polarised light (125) through the optical path so that a narrow wavelength range of the transmitted light (130) is influenced by the predetermined refractive index of the received liquid (120) and that the influenced narrow wavelength range, when observed by a user and/or captured by an image capturing unit (501 ), enables identification or estimation of the predetermined refractive index of the liquid (120).
  • (1 10) comprises a first (1 13) and a second (1 14) material, where the refractive index of the second material (1 14) is greater than the refractive index of the first material (1 13) and where the second material (1 14) is deposited on at least a part of the first material (1 13).
  • optical structure (1 10) is adapted, during use, to pass received polarised light (125) first through the first material (1 13), the second material (1 14) and then received liquid (120) so that a component of the polarised light is reflected at the narrow wavelength range.
  • optical structure (1 10) is an optical grating structure or a guided mode resonance filter.
  • system (100) further comprises an electronic device (200) comprising a light emitting unit (502) and an image capturing unit (501 ), and wherein the system (100) is adapted to be placed on the electronic device (200) so that the light receiving part (1 1 1 ) receives light from the light emitting unit (502) and the light emitting part (1 12) transmit light to the image capturing unit (501 ).
  • system (100) is adapted to receive non-polarised light (135), during use, and wherein the system (100) comprises a second polariser (1 16) adapted, during use, to polarise the received non-polarised light (135) before or when the light is received by the optical structure (1 10).
  • system (100) further comprises a computational device (200) comprising a display (300) emitting, during use, polarised light, and wherein the system
  • system (100) further comprises a computational device (200) comprising display (205) and at least one processing unit (201 ) where the at least one processing unit (201 ) is adapted, during use, to
  • each starting colour being associated with a given refractive index value enabling a user to select a colour best resembling according to the user the colour of light emitted from the light emitting
  • a colour scale (540; 801 ) comprising a range of colours and a number of refractive index values, where each refractive index value is associated with a given colour of in the range of colours.
  • the system comprises a plurality of optical structures (1 10) with varying geometrical properties, where the varying geometrical properties provide different narrow wavelength ranges of the transmitted light (130) when receiving the liquid (120) enabling, for each optical structure (1 10), identification of a refractive index value corresponding with the narrow wavelength range and thereby one dispersion profile data point for each of the plurality of optical structures (1 10).
  • 1 1 A method of identifying or estimating a refractive index of a liquid (120), the method comprising
  • the polariser (1 15), and the light emitting part (1 12) defines an optical path and wherein, during use, the received polarised light (125) is passed through the optical path so that a narrow wavelength range of the transmitted light (130) is influenced by the predetermined refractive index of the received liquid (120) and wherein the influenced narrow wavelength range, when observed by a user and/or captured by an image capturing unit (501 ), enables identification or estimation of the predetermined refractive index of the liquid (120).
  • each starting colour being associated with a given refractive index value enabling a user to select a colour best resembling according to the user the colour of light emitted from the light emitting part (1 12) of, and thereafter register a selection by a user of a colour among the displayed plurality of colours and display another plurality of different colours associated with refractive index values being closer to the refractive index value associated with the user selected colour, and/or
  • a colour scale (530; 801 ) comprising a range of colours and a number of refractive index values, where each refractive index value is associated with a given colour of in the range of colours.
  • the method comprises receiving the liquid (120) in a plurality of optical structures (1 10) with varying geometrical properties, where the varying geometrical properties provide different narrow wavelength ranges of the transmitted light (130) when receiving the liquid (120) enabling, for each optical structure (1 10) identification of a refractive index value corresponding with the narrow wavelength range and thereby one dispersion profile data point for each of the plurality of optical structures (1 10).

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La présente invention concerne un procédé et un système (100) d'identification ou d'estimation de l'indice de réfraction d'un liquide (120) comprenant une partie de réception de lumière (111) adaptée pour recevoir une lumière polarisée ou non polarisée (125; 135), une partie d'émission de lumière (112) adaptée, en utilisation, pour émettre de la lumière (130), une structure optique (110) étant adaptée pour recevoir, en utilisation, une lumière polarisée (125) via ou depuis la partie de réception de lumière (111), et étant adaptée pour recevoir, en utilisation, un liquide (120) ayant un indice de réfraction prédéterminé à identifier ou estimer, et un premier polariseur (115) adapté, en utilisation, pour recevoir une lumière transmise (132) provenant de la structure optique (110) et du liquide reçu (120), la partie de réception de lumière (111), le liquide reçu (120), le premier polariseur (115), et la partie d'émission de lumière (112) définissant un trajet optique et le système (100) étant adapté, en utilisation, pour laisser passer la lumière reçue (135) à travers le trajet optique de sorte qu'une plage de longueurs d'onde étroite de la lumière transmise (130) soit influencée par l'indice de réfraction prédéterminé du liquide reçu (120) et que la plage de longueurs d'onde étroite influencée, lorsqu'elle est observée par l'utilisateur et/ou capturée par une unité de capture d'image (501), permette l'identification ou l'estimation de l'indice de réfraction prédéterminé du liquide (120). De cette manière, un procédé et un système d'identification ou d'estimation d'un indice de réfraction d'un liquide sont aisément réalisés.
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