Light-Scattering Disc Collector

摘要

A light-scattering disc collector member useable in converting a classical (coherence-dependent) microdensitometer to a linear (mode) microdensitometer that is coherence-independent. The member is made of material that is transmissive, non-absorbing, and high scattering as to light, and it preferably comprises a right circular cylinder which is made opaque (such as with black paint), except for a light-transmissive entrance aperture which is located on one base of the cylinder and which is shaped as an inwardly formed hemispherical dome, and a light-transmissive exit aperture which is located on the other base of the cylinder in geometric alignment with the entrance aperture. When used to convert a classical microdensitometer to a linear microdensitometer, the light-scattering disc collector member replaces the objective of the microscope in the sensor optics assembly of the classical microdensitometer.