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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2006
William M. Tong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sean M. Spillane, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ellen R Tappon, Corvallis, OR (US);
Phillip J. Kuekes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William M. Tong, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sean M. Spillane, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ellen R Tappon, Corvallis, OR (US);
Phillip J. Kuekes, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An analyte stage for use in a spectroscopy system includes a tunable resonant cavity that is capable of resonating electromagnetic radiation having wavelengths less than about 10,000 nanometers, a substrate at least partially disposed within the cavity, and a Raman signal-enhancing structure at least partially disposed within the tunable resonant cavity. A spectroscopy system includes such an analyte stage, a radiation source, and a radiation detector. Methods for performing Raman spectroscopy include using such analyte stages and systems to tune a resonant cavity to resonate Raman scattered radiation that is scattered by an analyte.