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Title: Method and apparatus configured for identification of a material

Patent ·
OSTI ID:20050823

The present invention includes an apparatus configured for identification of a material, and methods of identifying a material. One embodiment of the invention provides an apparatus including a first region configured to receive a first sample, the first region being configured to output a first spectrum corresponding to the first sample and responsive to exposure of the first sample to radiation; a modulator configured to modulate the first spectrum according to a first frequency; a second region configured to receive a second sample, the second region being configured to output a second spectrum corresponding to the second sample and responsive to exposure of the second sample to the modulated first spectrum; and a detector configured to detect the second spectrum having a second frequency greater than the first frequency.

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-94ID13223
OSTI ID:
20050823
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 30 May 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English