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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2004
Claude Debroche, Cebazat, FR;
Hervé Crespeau, Paris, FR;
Bruno DE Vandiere, Clermont-Ferrand, FR;
Flowgene, Saint-Beauzire, FR;
Abstract
An optical device () includes a cavity () for which at least part is ellipsoidal with a first focus (F) and a second focus (F). The device includes means of presenting a medium containing components to be analyzed in the cavity at the first focus, and the device also includes means of transporting an excitation light beam in the cavity along a path also passing through the first focus (F) to illuminate the medium at the first focus. The ellipsoidal part of the cavity includes a wall reflecting light emitted by the medium in response to the excitation light beam, and the device includes means () of collecting said emitted light at the second focus (F).