Efficiency of ocular UV protection by clear lenses.

Ocular UV doses accumulate all-day, not only during periods of direct sun exposure. The UV protection efficiency of three clear lenses was evaluated experimentally, validated by simulation, and compared to non-UV protection: a first spectacle lens with a tailored UV absorber, a second spectacle lens, minimizing UV back reflections, as well as a third spectacle lens, combining both. A tailored UV-absorber efficiently reduced overall UV irradiance to 7 %, whereas reduction of back-reflections still left UV irradiance at 42 %.

Biochip reader with dynamic holographic excitation and hyperspectral fluorescence detection.

A highly parallel microarray scanner for functional genomic research using a dynamically reconfigurable holographic excitation and hyperspectral fluorescence detection is described. The light from two laser sources (405 and 532 nm) is split into an arbitrary number of focused spots on the biochip using a pair of spatial light modulators and a novel imaging system. The parallel optical scanner includes a hyperspectral detection unit with a high-sensitivity CCD camera to detect and analyze the emitted fluorescence spectra (from 430 to 800 nm) of all illuminated spots simultaneously.