Patent Publication Number: US-11397109-B2

Title: Apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy

Description:
The present invention relates to an apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy on a sample, in particular a crystalline sample. 
     Spectroscopy generally refers to the process of measuring energy or intensity as a function of wavelength in a beam of light. Spectroscopy uses absorption, emission, or scattering of light by physical matter, in particular atoms, molecules or ions, to qualitatively and quantitatively study physical properties and processes of matter. 
     Light or radiation directed at a sample during operation of a spectrometer system may be referred to as incident radiation. Redirection of incident radiation following contact with the sample is commonly referred to as scattering of radiation. To the extent that atoms or molecules in a sample absorb all or a portion of the incident radiation, rather than reflect incident radiation, a sample may become excited, and the energy level of the sample may be increased to a higher energy level. Light may be scattered but may continue to have the same wavelength as the incident radiation, a condition commonly referred to as Rayleigh or elastically scattered light. Incident radiation that is scattered by the sample during, for example, a change of vibrational state in molecules may be scattered with a different energy, and such scattered light may be called Raman scattered light. Such phenomena have been used in conjunction with spectroscopy to qualitatively and quantitatively study physical properties and processes, including identification of chemical properties, compositions, and structures of samples. 
     If incident radiation is directed at a sample, the wavelength of the incident radiation may remain substantially unchanged in scattered radiation. Alternatively, if incident radiation is directed at a sample, the wavelength in the scattered radiation may acquire one or more different wavelengths than the incident wavelength. The energy differential between the incident radiation and the scattered radiation may be referred to as a Raman shift. Spectroscopic measurement of Raman scattered light may seek to measure the resulting wavelengths of such scattered light. 
     The phenomenon of Raman scattered light is useful in spectroscopy applications for studying qualities and quantities of physical properties and processes, including identification of chemical properties, compositions, and structure in a sample. Raman shift spectroscopic analytical techniques are used for qualitative and quantitative studies of samples. If incident radiation is used to scatter light from a sample, and scattered radiation data is measured, the scattered radiation may provide one or more frequencies associated with the sample, as well as the intensities of those shifted frequencies. The frequencies may be used to identify the chemical composition of a sample. 
     Raman spectrometers are an example of spectrometers for measuring inelastically scattered light and they are commonly used for obtaining a Raman spectrum of a sample. When a sample is irradiated with monochromatic light, for example from a laser, the light scattered by the sample will contain wavelength components different from those present in the incident light. The so-called Raman scattering of light on molecules present in the sample usually creates this effect. In a Raman spectrometer, the light scattered by the sample is collected and the spectral distribution of the wavelength components having a wavelength different from that of the light source is detected, e.g. in form of a visualized Raman spectrum. 
     In some measurements of Raman spectra, it may be desired to obtain information about the polarization of the Raman scattered light. For example, polarization dependent characteristics of Raman scattering are dependent on single crystalline quality and crystallographic orientation of a substrate, consisting of, for example, a single crystalline silicon (Si) wafer. 
     Ramabadran et al. describe in the scientific publication: “Intensity analysis of polarized Raman spectra for off axis single crystal silicon”, Materials Science &amp; Engineering B 230, p. 31-42, 2018 that polarized backscattered Raman spectroscopy can be used for identifying the crystallographic orientation of silicon cut off axis. 
     Munisso et al. propose in the scientific publication “Raman tensor analysis of sapphire single crystal and its application to define crystallographic orientation in polycrystalline alumina”, Phys. Status Solidi B 246, No. 8, 1893-1900 (2009) a tensorial algorithm for the practical determination of unknown crystallographic textures in polycrystalline alumina materials. 
     It is an objective of the present invention to provide efficient means for carrying out polarization resolved spectroscopy on a sample. 
     The object is satisfied by an apparatus in accordance with the features of claim  1 . Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described in the dependent claims. 
     In accordance with the present invention, an apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy on a sample, in particular a crystalline sample, comprises: 
     at least one light source, in particular at least one laser, for providing excitation radiation to a sample, 
     a spectrograph for dividing light from the sample, in particular Raman scattered light from the sample, into at least one spectrum of spatially separated wavelength components and for directing at least a portion of the at least one spectrum to a detector, in particular a CCD detector, 
     a polarization state control element for the light from the sample, the polarization state control element being arranged in a light path of at least one light beam traveling from the sample towards the detector, and the polarization state control element comprising at least one polarization sensitive optical element, in particular a Wollaston prism, the at least one polarization sensitive optical element being adapted to split the at least one light beam into at least two, in particular orthogonally, polarized light beams. 
     Each of the detected spectrum is obtained from a polarized light beam having a known polarization. This is due to the use of the at least one polarization sensitive optical element which splits the incident beam into the at least two polarized light beams leaving the at least one polarization sensitive optical element and traveling towards the detector. The registration of the spectra by the detector occurs simultaneously. 
     The spectra detected at different polarizations may be employed for a crystallographic analysis of crystalline samples like silicon, for example if applied to an algorithm based on Raman tensor scattering theory of silicon to the measured spectra. An algorithm is for example described in the previously mentioned scientific publication of Ramabadran et al.: “Intensity analysis of polarized Raman spectra for off axis single crystal silicon”, Materials Science &amp; Engineering B 230, p. 31-42, 2018. Information obtained from the spectra in conjunction with the algorithm may for example be employed to recognize crystal faces and face rotation angles in randomly grown Si poly-crystals. The obtained information may further be used for the reconstruction of crystallographic maps using for example the same principle as established in 2D X-Ray crystallography analysis, which is described for example by B. Larson, W. Yang, G. Ice, J. Budai, J. Tischler in the scientific article: “3D X-ray structural microscopy with submicrometre resolution”, Nature, Vol. 415, 887-890, (2002). 
     Raman scattering on a sample may in particular be due to vibrational bonds of the sample. Such vibrational bonds can be pumped most efficiently when the incident light has the same polarization/orientation as the vibrational bond. If a vibrational bond is oriented orthogonally to the polarization of the incoming light, it will be pumped with low efficiency. Therefore, an analysis of the Raman spectrum obtained from the sample can be used to determine the orientation of the atomic or molecular bonds, for example in a crystal or a crystal unit cell. This is also applicable to samples having a polycrystalline structure, like polycrystalline sapphire or silicon, or inorganic or organic crystals with a more complex unit cell, such as crystalline drugs, amino acids, peptides or proteins, and to other samples like semiconductors, inorganic composites (such as ceramics, piezo and ferroelectrics, and superconductors, etc.), drugs and biomolecules. 
     Carrying out a crystallographic analysis on a sample using Raman scattering is also more cost-efficient than X-ray diffraction, electron diffraction, and neutron diffraction. For example, X-Ray diffraction requires expensive equipment and may even require the use of synchrotron radiation, which can only be produced in specialized laboratories. 
     The apparatus can be employed in a raster-scanning mode. In particular, the apparatus may be used to take a measurement on a surface point of the sample. After that, the sample or the focus on the surface is moved to take a measurement on another surface point. In this way, the surface can be scanned and measurements can be obtained from a plurality of surface points. A 2D or 3D mapping can therefore be carried out which may enable the generation of a 2D or 3D image of crystallographic planes of the sample. 
     Preferably, the apparatus does not contain any movable parts, such as a device for rotating the sample, and therefore can be realized in an easy to use set-up. However, it may be possible to move the sample with respect to the focus of the beam illuminating the sample, in particular to enable a scanning of the surface of the sample. 
     The at least one polarization sensitive optical element may in particular be at least one Wollaston prism which can separate randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two separate linearly polarized outgoing beams. A Wollaston prism may consists of two calcite prisms cemented together on their base to form two right triangle prisms with perpendicular optic axes. Wollaston prisms are commercially available from various providers. 
     The polarization state control element may comprise at least one beam splitting element adapted to split the light beam into at least two split beams, in particular at least two parallel beams, and at least two polarization sensitive optical elements, in particular two Wollaston prisms, arranged such that one of the two split beams passes through one polarization sensitive optical element, and the other one of the two split beams passes through the other one of the polarization sensitive optical elements. 
     The light beam coming from the sample can therefore be split by use of the beam splitting element, which may be a beam splitter, into at least two split beams. Each of the split beams passes through a polarization sensitive optical element, such as a Wollaston prism, where each of the split beams is further divided into two, in particular orthogonally, polarized light beams. A spectrum of each of the at least four polarized light beams can be detected simultaneously on different regions of the detector. Thus, the apparatus provides at least 4 detection channel, each channel allowing to detect a polarization resolved spectrum of the light scattered from the sample. If more than one spot is illuminated by polarized light on the sample, the number of detected spectra may increase, since each spots may provide a spectrum per detection channel. Thus, two illuminated spots may result in 8 spectra that can be detected. 
     Preferably, a waveplate, in particular a half-wave plate or a quarter-wave plate, may be arranged in at least one light path between the beam splitting element and one of the polarization sensitive optical elements. Waveplates are known and commercially available. 
     A waveplate arranged in the light path before one of the polarization sensitive optical elements helps to adjust the polarization of the split beam traveling through this waveplate. Thereby, Raman spectra having a different polarization may be detectable in different detection channels. 
     The polarization state control element may comprise at least one beam splitting element adapted to split the light beam into three split beams, in particular at least three parallel beams, and three polarization sensitive optical elements arranged such that a first one of the three split beams is passing through a first one of the polarization sensitive optical elements, a second one of the three split beams is passing through a second one of the three polarization sensitive optical elements, and a third one of the three split beams is passing through a third one of the three polarization sensitive optical elements. 
     The beam splitting element may equally split the incoming beam into the three split beams. They may therefore have the same intensity. 
     Each of the three split beams pass through one of the polarization sensitive optical elements where each of the split beams is further divided into two, in particular orthogonally, polarized light beams. As a result, in total six polarized light beams may pass through the spectrograph, residing in six spectra that can be detected by use of the detector. The apparatus therefore provides six detectable channels through which simultaneous detection of Raman spectra is possible. 
     Preferably, a waveplate, in particular a half-wave plate or a quarter-wave plate, is arranged in at least one light path between the beam splitter and one of the three polarization sensitive optical elements. 
     A first waveplate, in particular a half-wave plate, can be arranged in the light path between the beam splitting element and the first polarization sensitive optical element. 
     Preferably, a second waveplate, in particular a quarter-wave plate, is arranged in the light path between the beam splitting element and the second polarization sensitive optical element. 
     Preferably, no waveplate is arranged in the light path between the beam splitting element and the third polarization sensitive optical element. 
     Two of the three split beams travel therefore through a waveplate, and in particular, one of the beams may travel through a half-wave plate and one of the beams may travel through a quarter-wave plate. The six spectra which may be detected can therefore include information which can be explained as a rotation of an analyzer in the scattering Ramen signal on 0° and 90°, corresponding to a linear laser polarization plane, for depolarization studies of vibrational peaks, on +45° and −45° for polarization rotation measurements and the part of circular-left and circular-right polarized light may be detected on two channels. The polarization angles in all six channels may be different and may be optimized for a particular application. After spectra acquisition, a matrix polarization theory, as already mentioned before, could be applied to the measured spectra, and to recover information about total depolarization of vibrational peaks, artifacts and orientation distribution parameters. 
     The polarization state control element may be arranged in the light path between the sample and the spectrograph. The polarization state control element may in particular be arranged between the sample and an entrance slit of the spectrograph. The split polarized beams therefore enter the spectrograph and polarization resolved spectra, each of which is associated with one of the split polarized beams, can be detected by the detector, in particular in a particular region of the detector. 
     At least one beam splitting element may be arranged in the light path between the light source and the sample, the beam splitting element being adapted to split a light beam from the light source into at least a first beam and a second beam. At least a first and a second beam, obtained by splitting an original beam originating from the light source, may therefore be incident on the sample. The two beams may be combined at a slightly different angle between their propagation axes. Such a situation may produce two spots, which are locally separated from each other, in a focal plane on or in the sample. The spectral responses from the spots, as obtained on the detector, may therefore be spatially separated from each other and detectable in different regions of the detector. 
     A waveplate, preferably a half-wave plate or a quarter-wave plate, may be arranged in the light path of the second beam in between the beam splitting element and the sample, for generating a polarization manipulated second beam. The polarization of the second beam may therefore be adjusted. 
     Preferably, at least one beam combiner may combine the first beam and the polarization manipulated second beam and direct the combined beams onto the sample, preferably generating two spatially separated spots in the same focal plane on the sample. This may also have the effect that the spectral responses, as detected by the detector, are spatially separated from each other. This means that different spectra may be detectable in the different regions of the detection window of the imaging sensor. 
     The at least one beam splitting element may be adapted to split the light beam from the light source into a first beam, a second beam, and a third beam. Three beams may therefore be incident on the sample and focused on spatially separated spots on or in the sample. 
     Preferably, a waveplate, for example a half-wave plate or a quarter-wave plate, may be arranged in the light path of the second beam in between the beam splitting element and the sample, for generating a polarization manipulated second beam. 
     A further waveplate, preferably a half-wave plate or a quarter-wave plate, can be arranged in the light path of the third beam in between the beam splitting element and the sample, for generating a polarization manipulated third beam. The polarization of the respective beam may therefore be adjusted. 
     At least one beam combiner may be provided to combine the first beam, the polarization manipulated second beam and the polarization manipulated third beam and to direct the combined beams onto the sample. 
     The at least one beam combiner and/or the light path before and after the beam combiner are preferably arranged such that the combined beams are directed to three spatially separated spots that are produced in the same focal plane on or in the sample. 
     At least one beam combiner may be provided to combine two or more light beams from two or more different light sources and to direct the combined beams onto the sample, preferably to spatially separated spots in the same focal plane on the sample. The light beams incident on the sample and used for the generation of Raman scattered light from the sample may therefore be provided by two or more light sources. The light sources may provide light at different wavelengths, for example one light source may provide laser light at 780 nm, one light source may provide laser light at 785 nm, and a further light source may provide laser light at 790 nm. 
     The light beam from at least one of the light sources may be a polarization manipulated beam. This may for example be achieved by use of a polarizer placed in the light path of the beam exiting from the light source. The polarization of at least one of the light beams incident on the sample may therefore be adjusted. 
     The invention also relates to a system for determining at least one property of a crystalline sample, in particular an orientation of a surface plane of the crystalline sample, the system comprises: 
     an apparatus in accordance with the present invention, and 
     a computer system adapted to employ spectra obtained by the apparatus from a measurement on a sample in an algorithm based on Raman tensor scattering theory, the algorithm being executable by the computer system to obtain crystallographic information about the sample. 
     The invention also relates to a method of carrying out at least one measurement on a crystalline sample, the method comprises the step of using an apparatus in accordance with the present invention to obtain simultaneously at least two spectra from the sample. 
     Preferably, the method further includes the step of using the spectra in a pregiven algorithm, in particular implemented on a computer system, to obtain crystalline information about the sample. 
    
    
     
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         FIG. 1  shows schematically a first variant of an apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy on a sample, 
         FIG. 2  shows schematically a second variant of an apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy on a sample, 
         FIG. 3  shows schematically a third variant of an apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy on a sample, and 
         FIG. 4  shows schematically a fourth variant of an apparatus for carrying out polarization resolved Raman spectroscopy on a sample. 
     
    
    
     The apparatus shown in  FIG. 1  comprises at least one light source  11 , which is preferably a laser, for providing a light beam  13  of excitation radiation to a sample  15 . In particular, the light beam  13 , which is in particular a laser beam, is split into two orthogonally polarized laser beams. Thus, preferably two orthogonally polarized laser beams  13  are incident on the sample  11 . The two orthogonally polarized laser beams  13  are reflected by a dichroic beam splitting mirror  17  and further guided by mirrors  19  and  21  to an objective  23  which comprises a plurality of lenses to focus the laser beams  13  on the sample  15 . 
     The orthogonally laser beams  13  are slightly deviating in their propagation direction and thus, the objective focuses them to two spatially separated spots  303 ,  305  as shown in the window  301  obtained from a photo of the focal plane on the sample  15 . 
     The optical setup is arranged in a backscattering geometry such that the objective  23  also serves for collecting the light scattered from the sample  15 , in particular from the two illuminated spots  303 ,  305 . The backscattered light beam  25 , at least the spectral components of the backscattered light beam that are different from the spectral components of the laser beam  13 , can pass through the dichroic mirror  17  and enter a polarization state control element  27  for the light beam  25  scattered from the sample  15 . 
     The polarization state control element  27  is arranged in the light path of the light beam  25  collected by the objective  23  and traveling towards a detector  29  and before the light path passes through a spectrograph  31 . The polarization state control element  27  comprises a beam splitter  33  adapted to split the light beam  25  into a first split beam  35  and a second split beam  37 , which are traveling in parallel to each other after the first split beam  35  is reflected by mirror  39 . 
     The first beam  35  passes through a half-wave plate  41  while the second beam  37  passes through an optical element  43 , for example a quarter-wave plate, which may also chance the polarization state of the second beam  37 . 
     Subsequently, the first beam  35  passes through a first polarization sensitive optical element, here a first Wollaston prism  45 , which splits the first beam  35  into two orthogonally polarized beams  35   a ,  35   b  which are depicted in  FIG. 1  as a single beam. The polarization of the beam  35   a  may for example be 0° and the polarization of the beam  35   b  may for example be 90°. The second beam  35  passes through a second polarization sensitive optical element, here a second Wollaston prism  47 , which splits the second beam  37  into two orthogonally polarized beams  37   a ,  37   b  which are depicted in  FIG. 1  as a single beam. The polarization of the beam  37   a  may for example be +45° and the polarization of the beam  37   b  may for example be −45°. 
     The optical system of the apparatus of  FIG. 1  further comprises a lens system  49 , which may also be a slit lens, and which is adapted to focus the polarized beams  35   a ,  35   b ,  37   a ,  37   b  leaving the Wollaston prisms  45 ,  47  through a slit  51  of the spectrograph  31 . The lens system  49  may also include an edge filter. 
     The spectrograph  31  comprises a collimation lens system  53  having a focus in the slit. The collimation lens system  53  transfers the beams  35   a ,  35   b ,  37   a ,  37   b  into collimated beams which may pass through an optional edge filter (not shown) and a transmission grating  55 . 
     The grating  55  divides each of the beams  35   a ,  35   b ,  37   a ,  37   b  into a respective spectrum of spatially separated wavelength components and directs at least a portion of each spectrum via a focusing lens system  57  on an array of pixels  59  of the detector  29  to detect the spectrum of each polarized beam  35   a ,  35   b ,  37   a ,  37   b.    
     Window  307  shows the spectra measured on the array of pixels  59 . As can be seen, eight different spectra can be measured simultaneously. The spectra are separated from each other along the y-axis. The spots that are spatially distributed along the x-axis are associated with the different wavelengths contained in each spectrum. 
     The eight spectra are due to the fact that the sample  15  is illuminated in 2 spots with 2 beams of different polarization. Therefore, the backscattered beam  25  comprises in fact two backscattered Raman beams due to the 2 spots  303 ,  305  and the different polarizations of the incident light. Sample responses from different incident laser polarization are therefore collected simultaneously. Furthermore, the beam splitter  33  splits each of the two backscattered Raman beams such that they pass through each Wollaston prism  45 ,  47 . Hence, each of the polarized beams  35   a ,  35   b ,  37   a ,  37   b  comprises in fact two beams due to their origin from 2 spots illuminated with different laser polarization. Hence, in total 8 beams leave the Wollaston prisms and pass through the entrance slit  51  of the spectrograph  31 . This is shown in window  309  which is derived from a photo of the plane of the slit  51  and which shows that eight beams travel through slit  51  where they are spatially separated from each other. This explains the eight spectra that are detectable on the array of pixels  59 . 
     The optical setup of the apparatus of  FIG. 2  corresponds in substance to the optical setup of the apparatus of  FIG. 1 . Correspondingly, the apparatus of  FIG. 2  can also detect eight spectra simultaneously as explained above. 
     The apparatus of  FIG. 2  comprises a laser  11  as light source, emitting light at a wavelength of 785 nm. The laser  11  may for example be a diode laser. Beam splitter  63  splits laser beam  61  into two beams  65 ,  67 . The beam  65  travels through half-wave plate  69  which changes the polarization of the beam  65 . The beam  71  emerging from the half-wave plate  69  and the beam  67  are combined by mirror  73  and beam splitter  75  to laser beam  13 . 
     As explained with respect to  FIG. 1 , beam  13  therefore consists of in fact two beams with different polarization. The beams  67  and  71  will be combined such that their propagation axes slightly deviate from each other. This will produce two spots (similar to spots  303 ,  305  in  FIG. 1 ) in the sample focal plane. An adjustment of the propagation axis of the beam  67  is for example possible by tilting the mirror  73 . 
     The optical setup of the apparatus of  FIG. 3  is similar to the optical set-up of the apparatuses of  FIGS. 1 and 2  as described before. However, the light emitted by laser  11  is passing through some optical elements  77 ,  79 ,  81 ,  83  with line filter  79  and linear polarizers  81 ,  83 , reflected by mirrors  85  and split, by use of beam splitters  87  into three beams  89 ,  91 ,  93 . The split beam  89  passes through waveplate  95  and the split beam  91  passes through waveplate  97  while the beam  93  does not pass through a waveplate. This results in three beams with polarization of 0°, 45° and 90° which are, by use of beam splitters  99  and  101 , combined at a slightly different angle in their propagation axes resulting in three spots  313 ,  315  and  317  as shown in window  311  in a focal plane on the sample  15 . 
     The path of the backscattered light corresponds in substance to the path as described above with respect to  FIG. 1 . As a result, due to the three spots  313 ,  315 ,  317  caused by light of different polarization and the splitting of the beams from these spots in the polarization state control element  27 , twelve polarization resolved beams travel through the slit  51 , which may be equipped with a shutter, as shown in window  312 . Consequently, twelve polarization resolved Raman spectra can be detected on the array of pixels of detector  29  as shown in window  319 . 
     As an option, the optical setup of the apparatus of  FIG. 3  may comprise a polarization state control element  27  that includes at least one beam splitting element which is adapted to split a light beam coming from the sample into three split beams. A first waveplate, such as a half-wave plate, may be arranged in the light path between the beam splitting element and a first polarization sensitive optical element, in particular a first Wollaston prism. A second waveplate, in particular a quarter-wave plate, may be arranged in the light path between the beam splitting element and a second polarization sensitive optical element, in particular a second Wollaston prism. No waveplate may be arranged in the light path between the beam splitting element and a third polarization sensitive optical element, in particular a third Wollaston prism (not shown). As described before, each Wollaston prism splits each incident beam into two separate linearly outgoing beams. 
     Thus, per incoming beam, the three Wollaston prisms generate six outgoing beams that travel towards the spectrograph  31 . The three beams originating from Raman scattering in the spots  313 ,  315 ,  315  may therefore result in 18 beams which leave the three Wollaston prisms. Consequently, 18 spectra can be detected on the array of pixels of detector  29  as shown in window  319 . 
     The optical setup of the apparatus of  FIG. 4  corresponds in substance to the optical setup of the apparatus of  FIG. 3 . However, the apparatus of  FIG. 4  comprises three lasers  11   a ,  11   b  and  11   c , illuminating linearly polarized light at 780 nm, 785 nm and 790 nm. The polarization of the light from laser  11   c  is changed by 45° by waveplate  95 , and the polarization of the light from laser  11   b  is changed by 90° by waveplate  97 . The light from the three lasers is combined by use of mirror  85  and beam splitters  99 ,  101  such that the laser beams propagate slightly into different directions, resulting again in three spots of laser light with different polarization (0°, 45°, 90°) as indicated in window  323  (obtained from a picture of the focal plane of the objective  23 ). The spots are illuminated by light at different wavelengths due to the different lasers  11   a ,  11   b ,  11   c.    
     Information obtained from the measured spectra can be used in an algorithm as described, for example, in the previously mentioned article of Ramabadran et al. The algorithm can be based on Raman tensor scattering theory. Thereby, crystallographic maps of the sample can be obtained, for example by using the same principles as in X-ray crystallography. 
     LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS 
       11  light source, laser 
       11   a  laser 
       11   b  laser 
       11   c  laser 
       13  laser beam 
       15  sample 
       17  dichroic mirror 
       19  mirror 
       21  mirror 
       23  objective 
       25  light beam 
       27  polarization state control element 
       29  detector 
       31  spectrograph 
       33  beam splitter 
       35  first split beam 
       35   a  polarized beam 
       35   b  polarized beam 
       37  second split beam 
       37   a  polarized beam 
       37   b  polarized beam 
       39  mirror 
       41  half-wave plate 
       43  optical element 
       45  first Wollaston prism 
       47  second Wollaston prism 
       49  lens system 
       51  slit 
       53  collimation lens system 
       55  grating 
       57  focusing lens system 
       59  array of pixel 
       61  laser 
       63  beam splitter 
       65  beam 
       67  beam 
       69  half-wave plate 
       71  beam 
       73  mirror 
       75  beam splitter 
       77  optical element 
       79  optical element, line filter 
       81  optical element, polarizer 
       83  optical element, polarizer 
       85  mirror 
       87  beam splitter 
       89  beam 
       91  beam 
       93  beam 
       95  waveplate 
       97  waveplate 
       99  beam splitter 
       101  beam splitter 
       301  window 
       303  spot 
       305  spot 
       307  window 
       309  window 
       311  window 
       313  spot 
       315  spot 
       317  spot 
       319  window 
       321  window 
       323  window