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Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2017
Applicant:

Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, AT;

Inventors:

Johannes Paul Waclawek, Vienna, AT;

Bernhard Lendl, Vienna, AT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/17 (2006.01); G01J 3/26 (2006.01); G01N 21/39 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/171 (2013.01); G01J 3/26 (2013.01); G01N 21/1717 (2013.01); G01N 21/39 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1704 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1712 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1725 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photothermal interferometry apparatus and method for detecting a molecule in a sample, in particular for detecting a trace gas species, comprising: a Fabry-Perot interferometer with a first mirror, a second mirror and a first cavity for containing the sample extending between the first and the second mirror, a probe laser for passing a probe laser beam through the first cavity of the Fabry-Perot interferometer, an excitation laser for passing an excitation laser beam through the first cavity of the Fabry-Perot interferometer for exciting the molecule in the sample, and a photodetector unit for detecting the transmitted probe laser beam passed through the first cavity of the Fabry-Perot interferometer.


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