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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Donald W. Sackett, Bedford, MA (US);
Donald W. Sackett, Bedford, MA (US);
SciAps, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Abstract
A dual source system and method includes a high power laser used to determine elements in a sample and a lower power device used to determine compounds present in the sample. An optical subsystem directs photons from a sample to a detector subsystem after laser energy from the laser strikes the sample along an optical path. After energy from the device strikes the sample protons are directed to the detector subsystem along the same optical path. The detector subsystem receives photons after laser energy from the laser strikes the sample and provides a first signal, and receives photons after energy from the device strikes the sample and provides a second signal. A controller subsystem pulses the high power laser and processes the first signal to determine elements present in the sample, energizes the lower power device and processes the second signal to determine compounds present in the sample.