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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2000
Applicants:
Timothy Noel Mills, London, GB;
Paul Beard, London, GB;
David Delpy, London, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
University College of London, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 602 ; G02B 606 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A probe comprises an excitation source and a double-core optical fiber. A pulsed laser signal () of the excitation sources supplied to the outer core () at one end of the optical fiber. The other end is provided with an interferometer film (). An excitation signal () produced in the sample () modulates the thickness of the film (). This provides an interferometer signal () detected from the inner core ().