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- Patent Title: Spectroscopic chemical analysis methods and apparatus
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Application No.: US16688919Application Date: 2019-11-19
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Publication No.: US10753863B1Publication Date: 2020-08-25
- Inventor: William F. Hug , Ray D. Reid , Rohit Bhartia , Arthur L. Lane
- Applicant: Photon Systems, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Covina
- Assignee: Photon Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Photon Systems, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Covina
- Agent Dennis R. Smalley
- Main IPC: G01N21/33
- IPC: G01N21/33 ; G01N21/64 ; G01N21/65 ; G01J3/36 ; G01J3/10 ; G01J3/44 ; G01N27/447

Abstract:
Spectroscopic chemical analysis methods and apparatus are disclosed which employ deep ultraviolet (e.g. in the 200 nm to 300 nm spectral range) electron beam pumped wide bandgap semiconductor lasers, incoherent wide bandgap semiconductor light emitting devices, and hollow cathode metal ion lasers to perform non-contact, non-invasive detection of unknown chemical analytes. These deep ultraviolet sources enable dramatic size, weight and power consumption reductions of chemical analysis instruments. In some embodiments, Raman spectroscopic detection methods and apparatus use ultra-narrow-band angle tuning filters, acousto-optic tuning filters, and temperature tuned filters to enable ultra-miniature analyzers for chemical identification. In some embodiments Raman analysis is conducted along with photoluminescence spectroscopy (i.e. fluorescence and/or phosphorescence spectroscopy) to provide high levels of sensitivity and specificity in the same instrument.
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