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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.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2003
Applicants:

Donald Dominic Arnone, Cambridge, GB;

Craig Michael Ciesla, Cambridge, GB;

Bryan Edward Cole, Cambridge, GB;

Stefano Barbieri, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Inventors:

Donald Dominic Arnone, Cambridge, GB;

Craig Michael Ciesla, Cambridge, GB;

Bryan Edward Cole, Cambridge, GB;

Stefano Barbieri, Cambridgeshire, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system for investigating a sample, the system including a detector having non-linear current voltage characteristics and being configured to mix two radiation signals having frequencies in the range from 25 GHz to 100 THz, one of the signals being a local oscillator signal and the other signal being a sample signal carrying information about the sample being investigated, the system further having a quantum cascade laser for providing at least the local oscillator signal.


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