Patent ID: 11549885

Abstract:
An optical chemical analysis apparatus (14) includes an optical waveguide (15) and a light source (17). The optical waveguide (15) has a core layer (12) that includes a light propagator (10), through which light can propagate in an extension direction, and a diffraction grating (first diffraction grating (11)) that connects optically to the light propagator (10). The light source (17) is configured to inject the light into the diffraction grating by emitting incoherent light. The diffraction grating further includes a light intake region for introduction of light from the light source, and the light source includes at least one light emitting point at a position such that the difference between the shortest optical distance Lab to the light intake region and the longest optical distance Lac to the light intake region is less than half of the wavelength, in a vacuum, of the light.