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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Inventors:
Masashi Ito, Hamamatsu, JP;
Katsumi Shibayama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuto Ofuji, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroki Oyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yoshihiro Maruyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/65 (2006.01); G01J 3/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/658 (2013.01); G01J 3/4412 (2013.01); G01N 2021/651 (2013.01); G01N 2201/068 (2013.01);
Abstract
An SERS unit includes a supportthat includes a cavityprovided with an opening, an optical functional portionthat is disposed in the cavityto face the openingand causes surface enhanced Raman scattering, and a packagethat accommodates the supportand is evacuated. The packageis in contact with at least an edgeof the opening, and is bent toward the optical functional portionin a state in which the packageis spaced apart from the optical functional portionin the opening