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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Klaas Cornelis Jan Wijbrans, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A spectroscopic analysis device for analysis of a sample comprising: a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) comprising: an input (DEF) for receiving light from the sample; and a demultiplexer (DEMUX) arranged to distribute the received light into at least a first optical chain (C) and a second optical chain (C); wherein each optical chain (C, C) of the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) further comprises a tunable bandpass filter (TBF, TBF) and a variable attenuator (ATT, ATT) and a photodetector (PD, PD) arranged respectively to filter and to attenuate and to detect the light distributed into its corresponding optical chain (C, C).