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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Barbara Paldus, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexander Katchanov, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Provencal, San Jose, CA (US);
Barbara Paldus, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexander Katchanov, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert Provencal, San Jose, CA (US);
Picarro, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A cavity enhanced optical detector comprising: i) a source of continuous wave laser light; ii) a high finesse resonant cavity comprising at least three spaced apart, high-reflectivity mirrors positioned to receive light from the laser light source; iii) at least one photo-detector for measuring the extinction coefficient of an analyte that is positioned in the resonant cavity; and iv) one or more additional photo-detectors for measuring the intensity of fluorescence emission and/or Raman scattering from the analyte.