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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2000
Neelam Gupta, Bethesda, MD (US);
Rachid Dahmani, Bethesda, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A spectrometric or photo-detector device accessory for illumination of a sample and highly efficient collection of light therefrom includes an ellipsoidal mirror having focal points f and f ; a first optical fiber leg having a terminus positioned at or near f and containing fibers for conveying light to f and collecting light emitted from a sample positioned at f , a second optical fiber having a terminus positioned at or near f , for collecting light reflected by the mirror and focussed at f and a rigid stand for holding the mirror and fiber optic cables in fixed alignment.