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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2009
Thomas D. Milster, Tucson, AZ (US);
Pramod Kumar Khulbe, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Barry Gelernt, Oceanside, CA (US);
Thomas D. Milster, Tucson, AZ (US);
Pramod Kumar Khulbe, Oro Valley, AZ (US);
Barry Gelernt, Oceanside, CA (US);
The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (US);
Invent Technologies LLC, Oceanside, CA (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for performing spectroscopy and optical microscopy are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a Raman spectrometer includes a vacuum ultraviolet light source configured to generate light having a wavelength within a window in the vacuum ultraviolet region of the electromagnetic spectrum within which a local minimum in the absorption coefficient of Oxygen occurs. The spectrometer also includes a lens device that receives a first portion of the generated light, directs at least some of the first portion of the generated light toward a target location, receives reflected light from the target location, and directs the reflected light toward a further location. The spectrometer further includes a dispersive device that receives at least some of the reflected light and outputs dispersed light produced based thereupon, and a camera module that is positioned at additional location, where the camera module receives at least some of the dispersed light.