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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Joachim Walter Ahner, Livermore, CA (US);
Samuel Kah Hean Wong, Johor Bahru, MY;
Maissarath Nassirou, Fremont, CA (US);
Henry Luis Lott, Fremont, CA (US);
David M. Tung, Livermore, CA (US);
Florin Zavaliche, San Ramon, CA (US);
Stephen Keith McLaurin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is an apparatus, including an optical characterization device; a photon detector array configured to sequentially receive a first set of photons scattered from surface features of an article and a second set of photons scattered from surface features of the article and subsequently processed by the optical characterization device; and a chemical characterization means for chemically characterizing the surface features of the article, wherein the chemical characterization means is configured for processing the first set of photons received by the photon detector array and the second set of photons received by the photon detector array.