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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Glen A. Sanders, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Stephen F. Yates, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
F. Stephen Lupton, Evanston, IL (US);
Glen A. Sanders, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Stephen F. Yates, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
F. Stephen Lupton, Evanston, IL (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A biological agent detector for detecting predetermined biological agents. The biological agent detector includes an optical fiber, a cladding that clads a length of the optical fiber and a bioindicator disposed within the cladding. The biological agent detector also includes a coherent light source that excites the optical fiber and a biological agent signature detector that detects the presence of a biological agent based upon a change in a resonance characteristic of the optical fiber caused by absorption of the predetermined biological agent into the cladding of the fiber.