Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – With sample excitation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-03-24
2008-08-05
Evans, F. L (Department: 2877)
Optics: measuring and testing
By dispersed light spectroscopy
With sample excitation
C356S300000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07408637
ABSTRACT:
A system for and method of detecting and characterizing materials using entangled photons is presented. The material may be at a great distances from the detector and may be biological material, complex organic compounds, or inorganic chemicals. The disclosed system and method provide advantages over traditional techniques in that they are largely impervious to atmospheric reduction of probing radiation and in that less probing radiation is required. The reduced probe energy requirement allows for detecting and characterizing sensitive material with significantly reduced material bleaching compared with traditional techniques.
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Augustyn Kenneth
Freeling Richard
Evans F. L
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Inc.
Hunton & Williams LLP
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