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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 20, 2014
Applicants:

Eth Zürich, Zürich, CH;

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);

Inventors:

Periklis Pantazis, Oberwil, CH;

William P. Dempsey, Sunland, CA (US);

Thai V. Truong, Pasadena, CA (US);

Scott E. Fraser, Glendale, CA (US);

Lada Georgieva, Basel, CH;

Assignees:

ETH ZÜRICH, Zürich, CH;

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 21/0076 (2013.01); G01N 21/6428 (2013.01); G01N 21/6458 (2013.01); G02B 5/201 (2013.01); G02B 21/0032 (2013.01); G02B 27/141 (2013.01); G01N 21/6408 (2013.01); G01N 2021/1785 (2013.01);
Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a system to achieve spatially (e.g. three-dimensionally) confined photomodulation at the focal volume () in a ample () mounted in a microscope system, comprising two or more laser light sources () emitting light () of different wavelengths adapted to excite a material in an identical number of independent excitation steps to a higher vibrational state from which the material relaxes, either emitting a conversion light to be detected ('photoexcitation') or modulating the spectral properties of the material ('photomodulation').


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