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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel J. Gargas, San Francisco, CA (US);
David M. Tung, Livermore, CA (US);
Travis W. Grodt, Fremont, CA (US);
Joachim W. Ahner, Livermore, CA (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01N 21/84 (2006.01); G01N 21/95 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/65 (2013.01); G01N 21/8422 (2013.01); G01N 21/95 (2013.01); G01N 2201/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided herein is an apparatus, including an excitation arm including excitation optics; a collection arm including collection optics, wherein the excitation arm and the collection arm are geometrically off-axis from one another for independent control of the excitation optics or the collection optics; and a full-surface spectroscopic analyzer to analyze a thin-film over an article from Raman-scattered light collected by the collection optics.