JEWELRY INNER STRUCTURE DETECTING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF

Abstract

A method for the jewelry inner structure detection comprising steps of dividing the light emitted from a low coherence light source into two beams by means of a light splitter, one beams is then directed to a sample arm on which a gem to be detected is fixed and the other beam is directed to a reference arm capable of cause optical path length change and reflect light; adjusting the optical path length; transforming the light interference signal into a corresponding electrical signal; and transferring the electrical signal to a signal processor and analyzer; changing the optical path of the reference arm, obtaining one dimensional light intensity signal in the gem depth direction and then lateral scanning the gem to be detected to obtain a two dimensional optical slice image of the gem.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 depicts an illustrative diagram of the present invention;

FIG. 2 depicts an illustrative view of one embodiment of the detection apparatus of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an illustrative block diagram of a signal processor and analyzer in the embodiment of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a pearl layer image obtained from the embodiment of FIG. 2.

Claims

1. A method for the jewelry inner structure detection comprising steps: a. dividing the light emitted from a low coherence light source into two beams by means of a light splitter, one beams is then directed to a sample arm on which a gem to be detected is fixed and the other beam is directed to a reference arm capable of cause optical path length change and reflect light;b. adjusting the optical path length, making the reflect light from the reference arm interfere with the light reflected from the gem to be detected on the sample arm;c. transforming the light interference signal into a corresponding electrical signal; and transferring the electrical signal to a signal processor and analyzer; changing the optical path of the reference arm, obtaining one dimensional light intensity signal in the gem depth direction;d. lateral scanning the gem to be detected to obtain a two dimensional optical slice image of the gem.

2. A method for the jewelry inner structure detection according to claim 1, wherein the light source is a low time interference light source, the coherence length is between 0.5 μm and 1 cm.

3. A method for the jewelry inner structure detection according to claim 1, wherein detecting the intensity signal of the reflect light in the inner of the gem sample to be detected by optical interference principle.

4. A method for the jewelry inner structure detection according to claim 1, wherein the optical interference signal is transformed into a corresponding electronic signal by a photoelectronic detector.

5. An apparatus for the jewelry inner structure detection characterized in that it comprising: a light source,an optical splitter,a reference arm reflector,a photoelectronic detector,a signal processor and analyzer,a reference arm reflector scanning means, anda sample arm scanning means;the light source set are optically connected to the input end of the optical splitter, the two outputs of the optical splitter are optically connected to the reference arm reflector and the gem to be detected respectively, the interference light output end of the optical splitter are optically connected to the photoelectronic detector; the output end of the photoelectronic detector is connected to the electrical signal processor and analyzer.

6. An apparatus for the jewelry inner structure detection according to claim 5, wherein the light source includes a light emitting component and a driver circuit thereof, the light emitting component is a Super Luminescent Diode, a LED, or an infrared luminotron.

7. An apparatus for the jewelry inner structure detection according to claim 5, wherein the optical splitter is a prism-type beam splitter, a mirror-type beam splitter, or an optical fiber coupler.

8. An apparatus for the jewelry inner structure detection according to claim 5, wherein the photoelectronic detector is a photodiode, an avalanche diode or a CCD device.

9. An apparatus for the jewelry inner structure detection according to claim 5, wherein all parts are connected by optical fiber to conduct and detect light.