Optics: measuring and testing – Of light reflection
Patent
1992-05-28
1994-08-23
Warden, Robert J.
Optics: measuring and testing
Of light reflection
422 8208, 422 8211, 422 8209, 435 3, 435291, 435808, 436165, 436172, G01N 2100, C12M 134
Patent
active
053412150
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for detecting the presence and/or concentration of biomolecules, in particular DNA, by providing a boundary surface between an optically denser medium and an optically rarer medium. Biomolecules adsorb to the boundary surface and alter the characteristics of impinging light. The method and apparatus use surface plasmon resonance (SPR) to excite the biomolecules. The angle of incidence of the impinging light is maintained at the angle at which SPR occurs, thereby controlling the energy transferred to the biomolecules. The energy transferred to the biomolecules causes the biomolecules to generate excitation light which is reflected and monitored at the boundary surface. The angle of incidence is controlled by rotating a desk such that the intensity of the reflected light is always maintained at a minimum which ensures that the angle of incidence is equal to the angle at which SPR occurs.
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Hewlett--Packard Company
Trembley T. A.
Warden Robert J.
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