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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2011
Applicants:

Lorenzo Tripodi, Eindhoven, NL;

Jaime Gomez Rivas, Eindhoven, NL;

Ullrich Richard Rudolf Pfeiffer, Kreuztal, DE;

Peter Gunther Haring Bolivar, Wenden, DE;

Inventors:

Lorenzo Tripodi, Eindhoven, NL;

Jaime Gomez Rivas, Eindhoven, NL;

Ullrich Richard Rudolf Pfeiffer, Kreuztal, DE;

Peter Gunther Haring Bolivar, Wenden, DE;

Assignee:

Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/20 (2006.01); G01N 21/3581 (2014.01); G01N 21/552 (2014.01); G01N 21/3563 (2014.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/3581 (2013.01); G01N 21/553 (2013.01); G01N 21/3563 (2013.01); G02B 6/1226 (2013.01);
Abstract

A device for analyzing a sample using radiation in the terahertz frequency range is provided. The device comprises a transmitter () comprising a THz signal generator () for generating an electromagnetic THz signal, the THz signal generator comprising a nonlinear transmission line (). The device further comprises a surface plasmon polariton generating unit () adapted to convert the THz signal into a surface plasmon polariton. The transmitter () and the surface plamon polariton generating unit () are either integrated on one common substrate or on two separate substrates.


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