Optics: measuring and testing – By particle light scattering – With photocell detection
Patent
1992-02-24
1996-04-09
Pham, Hoa Q.
Optics: measuring and testing
By particle light scattering
With photocell detection
356301, G01N 2100, G01J 3144
Patent
active
055066780
ABSTRACT:
A System for Collecting Weakly Scattered Electromagnetic Radiation is disclosed. The present invention overcomes problems suffered by previous collection systems by providing a reliable and efficient device for intensifying and collecting the scattered radiation generated by laser induced scattering. The present invention employs a laser source which illuminates an unknown gas contained by a long hollow tube having a highly reflective sheathing. The illuminating electromagnetic radiation from the laser is directed along the entire length of the tube and collides with the molecules of the unknown gas in the tube. The collisions cause the emission of weakly scattered electromagnetic radiation that is shifted in reference to the illuminating radiation. The sheathing is sufficiently reflective of the scattered radiation to substantially contain it. An exit is coupled to the long hollow tube in such a way that the scattered radiation may pass from the reflective sheathing and be collected for analysis. The scattered radiation that is collected may be used in conjunction with conventional spectrometry devices to provide a reliable and rapid determination of the composition and concentration of a wide range unknown gasses. The system may also be used to analyze a wide range of other scattering medium.
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Carlsen William F.
Gray Damien F.
Hopkins, II George W.
Pittaro Richard J.
Simons Tad D.
Hewlett -Packard Company
Pham Hoa Q.
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