PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a specimen sensor using an optical coherence tomography method (OCT) in which influence of back scattering of light due to particulates, bubbles or the like is reduced.SOLUTION: The specimen sensor includes a sensor body element 12, an optical capillary tube 14 and a mirror surface 16. The sensor body element 12 includes at least one or more nanopores 20 and the nanopores 20 are optically coupled to the optical capillary tube 14. The capillary tube 14 has a half-mirror surface 24 on its tip part and the half-mirror surface 24 is coupled to the tip part of the sensor body element 12. Optical energy is transmitted to the half-mirror surface 24 through the nanopores 20 and transmitted to the tip part of the sensor body element 12 on which the mirror surface 16 is located. Optical measurement of a specimen 42 included in the optical energy can be achieved by the optical energy 30 and determined by a phase and polarization sensitive OCT system.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】検体センサに関し、微粒子、気泡などにより光を後方散乱の影響の少ない光学的干渉断層撮影法(OCT)を用いた検体センサを提供する。【解決手段】検体センサはセンサ本体要素12、光学的導管14及び鏡面16を含む。センサ本体要素12は少なくとも1つのナノ気孔20を含み、該ナノ気孔20は光学的導管14に光学的に連結される。導管14は該導管14の先端部に半鏡面24を具え、半鏡面24はセンサ本体要素12の先端部に連結される。光学エネルギはナノ気孔20を通って半鏡面24に伝えられ、鏡面16が位置するセンサ本体要素12の先端部に伝えられる。光学エネルギ30によってその中に含まれる検体42の光学的な測定ができ、位相及び偏光感知型OCTシステムによって決定される。【選択図】図2A
