1. A process for the preparation of laundry detergent or cleaning product shaped bodies, comprising the steps of:
(a) preparing of a first noncompressed part (a) which comprises an active substance;
(b) preparing of a second noncompressed part (b) which comprises an active substance;
(c) connecting of the two shaped body parts (a) and (b) by joining or intermeshing them to form the shaped body in which the connection between parts (a) and (b) is aided by adhesion promoters, wherein as adhesion promoters, melts of one or more substances having a melting range from 40\xb0 to \xb0 C are applied to one or more surfaces of the part (a), after which part (b) is connected to the one or more surfaces of (a)
said noncompressed parts being formed under pressures of no more than 0.1 kNcm2, wherein (a) and (b) are not gelatinous at the same time, and wherein the noncompressed part (a) and the noncompressed part (b) each comprise a same active substance in different amounts and wherein the shaped body comprises one or more enzymes.
2. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesion promoters comprise one or more substances selected from the group consisting of paraffin waxes, polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols, natural waxes, and fatty alcohols.
3. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesion promoters comprise one or more concentrated salt solutions.
4. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adhesion promoters comprise one or more solutions or suspensions of water-soluble or water-dispersible polymers.
5. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first noncompressed part (a) is formed in process step (a) by sintering.
6. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first noncompressed part (a) is formed in process step (a) by casting.
7. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first noncompressed part (a) is formed in process step (a) by solidification of solutions or by gelatinization.
8. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first noncompressed part (a) is formed in process step (a) by hardening.
9. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the noncompressed part (b) is formed in process step (b) by sintering.
10. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the noncompressed part (b) is formed in process step (b) by casting.
11. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the noncompressed part (b) is formed in process step (b) by solidification of solutions or by gelatinization.
12. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the noncompressed part (b) is formed in process step (b) by hardening.
13. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the noncompressed part (b) is particulate.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A non-linear optical system, comprising:
a source; and
a light delivery system for receiving light from the source and providing a structured free-space beam having an embedded Gaussian beam wherein the embedded Gaussian beam has a width, wherein the light delivery system illuminates a region of a sample and generates a non-linear response in a spatial region, where the spatial region is smaller than a spatial region obtained with a Gaussian beam having a width comparable to the width of the embedded Gaussian beam.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising an illumination assembly for using the structured free-space beam.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the illumination assembly includes a lens for focusing the structured beam onto the sample.
4. The system of claim 2, wherein the illumination assembly includes a scanning assembly for scanning the structured beam over the sample.
5. The system of claim 2, wherein the illumination assembly includes a scanning assembly for scanning the sample over the structured beam
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the source is a laser.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the light delivery system comprises a single mode fiber, a mode converter, and a high-order mode fiber.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the mode converter excites an LP02 mode of the fiber.
9. The system of claim 7, wherein the mode converter excites at least one low order higher-order mode.
10. The system of claim 7, wherein the mode converter is a long period grating.
11. The system of claim 7, wherein the higher-order mode fiber has a length for generating compressed pulses at an output end face.
12. A non-linear optical system, comprising:
a source; and
a light delivery system for receiving light from the source and providing a structured free-space beam, wherein the light delivery system illuminates a region of a sample and generates a non-linear emission of radiation.
13. The optical system of claim 12, further comprising an imaging assembly for detecting the non-linear emission of radiation, and using a signal derived from the detected emission to generate a microscopic image of the sample.
14. The system of claim 12, wherein the non-linear emission comprises second harmonic generation in the region of the sample.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the non-linear emission comprises third harmonic generation in the region of the sample.
16. The system of claim 12, wherein the non-linear emission comprises multi-photon fluorescence.
17. The system of claim 12, wherein the non-linear emission comprises Raman scattering.
18. The system of claim 12, further comprising an illumination assembly for using the structured free-space beam.
19. The system of claim 18, wherein the illumination assembly includes a lens for focusing the structured beam onto the sample.
20. The system of claim 18, wherein the illumination assembly includes a scanning assembly for scanning the structured beam over the sample.
21. The system of claim 18, wherein the illumination assembly includes a scanning assembly for scanning the sample over the structured beam.
22. The system of claim 12, further including an output pinhole assembly for adding confocal resolution to the generated microscopic image.
23. The system of claim 22, wherein the output pinhole assembly comprises a single-mode fiber.
24. A method for generating a microscopic image from a sample, comprising:
(a) receiving light from a source;
(b) exciting a low order higher-order mode of the light;
(c) providing a structured free-space beam;
(d) illuminating a region of a sample with the structured free-space beam; and
(e) generating a non-linear emission of radiation.
25. The method of claim 24, further comprising the step (f) of using a non-linear signal derived from the non-linear emission to generate a microscopic image of the sample.
26. The method of claim 24, wherein step (b) further comprises the step of exciting an LP02 mode of the fiber.
27. The method of claim 24, wherein step (b) further comprises the step of exciting at least one low order higher-order mode.
28. The method of claim 24, wherein step (b) includes using a long-period grating.
29. The method of claim 24, wherein step (d) includes focusing the structured free-space beam onto the sample region.
30. The method of claim 24, wherein step (d) includes scanning the structured free-space beam over the sample.
31. The method of claim 24 wherein step (d) includes scanning the sample over the structured free-space beam.
32. The method of claim 24, further comprising the step (f) of using an output pinhole in order to add confocal resolution to the microscopic image.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein the output pinhole comprises a single-mode fiber.