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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joachim Walter Ahner, Livermore, CA (US);
Stephen Keith McLaurin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Samuel Kah Hean Wong, Johor Bahru, MY;
Henry Luis Lott, Fremont, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is an apparatus, including a photon detector array configured to receive photons scattered from features in a surface of an article; and a characterization means for characterizing the features in the surface of the article, wherein the characterization means contrasts signals from the photon detector array corresponding to two sets of photons scattered from features in the surface of the article, and the two sets of photons respectively originate from photon emitters at different locations.