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Title: Optical microspectrometer

Abstract

An optical microspectrometer comprises a grism to disperse the spectra in a line object. A single optical microspectrometer can be used to sequentially scan a planar object, such as a dye-tagged microchip. Because the optical microspectrometer is very compact, multiple optical microspectrometers can be arrayed to provide simultaneous readout across the width of the planar object The optical microspectrometer can be fabricated with lithographic process, such as deep X-ray lithography (DXRL), with as few as two perpendicular exposures.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1174868
Patent Number(s):
6741349
Application Number:
10/175,211
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
G - PHYSICS G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY G03F - PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING, FOR PROCESSING OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Sweatt, William C., and Christenson, Todd R. Optical microspectrometer. United States: N. p., 2004. Web.
Sweatt, William C., & Christenson, Todd R. Optical microspectrometer. United States.
Sweatt, William C., and Christenson, Todd R. Tue . "Optical microspectrometer". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1174868.
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Microspectrometer with slab-waveguide transmission gratings
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Fabrication of a planar grating spectrograph by deep-etch lithography with synchrotron radiation
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