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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Sciaps, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Inventor:
David Day, Boxford, MA (US);
Assignee:
SciAps, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 (2006.01); G01N 21/71 (2006.01); H01J 37/32 (2006.01); G01J 3/443 (2006.01); G01J 3/28 (2006.01); G01J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/718 (2013.01); G01J 3/443 (2013.01); H01J 37/32853 (2013.01); H01J 37/32972 (2013.01); G01J 3/0272 (2013.01); G01J 3/2823 (2013.01);
Abstract
An analysis (e.g., LIBS) system includes a laser source generating a laser beam for creating a plasma at a location on a sample, and a spectrometer responsive to photons emitted by the sample at said location and having an output. A controller is responsive to a trigger signal and is configured to activate the laser source generating a series of laser pulses in a cleaning cycle, process the spectrometer output, and automatically terminate the cleaning cycle based on the spectrometer output.