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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2001
Morteza Gharib, San Marino, CA (US);
Dominique Fourguette, LA, CA (US);
Frederic Taugwalder, Altadena, CA (US);
Daniel W. Wilson, Montrose, CA (US);
Darius Modarress, Los Angeles, CA (US);
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical particle detection system produces an optical beam which is scattered by particles in a probe volume area. The particles may scatter the beam to the detector. The optical beam is a hollow shaped beam which may be circular/doughnut shaped, or made be of any other hollow shape. The particle passes across the beam, and those particles which pass through the center of the beam are detected as being desired particles to detect. This system may be used to detect particle concentration, and size. In addition, by producing an asymmetric beam, particle direction can also be detected.