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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
May. 25, 2007
Oleg Zimenkov, South Burlington, VT (US);
Xavier Amouretti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert M. Gifford, Starksboro, VT (US);
Mark R. Kennedy, South Burlington, VT (US);
Michael Kontorovich, Colchester, VT (US);
Ben Norris, Monkton, VT (US);
Richard N. Sears, Jericho, VT (US);
Dan Venditti, Colchester, VT (US);
Christopher Many, Highgate, VT (US);
Oleg Zimenkov, South Burlington, VT (US);
Xavier Amouretti, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Robert M. Gifford, Starksboro, VT (US);
Mark R. Kennedy, South Burlington, VT (US);
Michael Kontorovich, Colchester, VT (US);
Ben Norris, Monkton, VT (US);
Richard N. Sears, Jericho, VT (US);
Dan Venditti, Colchester, VT (US);
Christopher Many, Highgate, VT (US);
BTI Holdings, Inc., Winooski, VT (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for optically analyzing a sample are provided. The apparatus includes a first optical device that transmits a narrow waveband of light and has a first filter and a first monochromator that provide different paths for the narrow waveband of the light. The apparatus may also include a light source that generates the light as broadband excitation light, in which case the first optical device transmits a narrow waveband of the broadband excitation light through the first filter or the first monochromator. Further, the apparatus may include a second optical device that directs the narrow waveband of the broadband excitation light onto the sample and receives emission light from the sample, a third optical device that transmits a narrow waveband of the emission light, and a detector that converts the narrow waveband of the emission light into an electrical signal.