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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2017
Colgate-palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Deborah Ann Peru, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Hrebesh Molly Subhash, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A spectroscopic system may include: a probe having a probe tip and an optical coupler, the optical coupler including an emitting fiber group and first and second receiving fiber groups, each fiber group having a first end and a second end, wherein the first ends of the fiber groups are formed into a bundle and optically exposed through the probe tip; a light source optically coupled to the second end of the emitting fiber group, the light source emitting light in at least a first waveband and a second waveband, the second waveband being different from the first waveband; a first spectrometer optically coupled to the second end of the first receiving fiber group and configured to process light in the first waveband; and a second spectrometer optically coupled to the second end of the second receiving fiber group and configured to process light in the second waveband.