MPR
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5. System Information
5.1 Technical Description
5.1.1 Sensing Head
The MPR E-Scan uses an LED as a light
source and utilizes state of the art CCD
(charge coupled device) technology to
accomplish scanning the reflected light
returned from the prism.
5.1.1.1 Optics
Light radiated from the LED passes through
the prism surface to be reflected off mirror 1
to the prism-to-process interface. The light
reaching this interface intersects the same
interface over a series of angles chosen to
include critical angle for the process being
measured. Light intersecting the interface at
an angle greater than critical angle is
refracted into the solution. Light intersecting
the interface at less than critical angle is
reflected up to mirror 2 and out of the prism
up to the CCD linear array to be scanned.
Optical Path
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