Coherent light generators – Particular beam control device – Tuning
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-13
2009-10-20
Harvey, Minsun (Department: 2828)
Coherent light generators
Particular beam control device
Tuning
C372S023000, C372S010000, C372S012000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07606274
ABSTRACT:
An optical nose for detecting the presence of molecular contaminants in gaseous samples utilizes a tunable seed laser output in conjunction with a pulsed reference laser output to generate a mid-range IR laser output in the 2 to 20 micrometer range for use as a discriminating light source in a photo-acoustic gas analyzer.
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Fedorov Vladimir
Mirov Sergey
Moskalev Igor
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Harvey Minsun
Niu Xnning
The UAB Research Foundation
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