Fiber spectroscopic probe mountable on a microscope
AssigneeBWT Property, Inc.
InventorsQingxiong Li, Ryan Edward Sullivan, Xin Jack Zhou, Sean Xiaolu Wang
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Abstract
A fiber spectroscopic probe that can be mounted directly above the objective lens of a standard microscope to add a spectroscopic function to the microscope. The constructed microscope with fiber spectroscopic probe is suitable for micro-sampling, Raman analysis, as well as fluorescence analysis and can be easily reconfigured for different excitation/detection wavelengths. The fiber spectroscopic probe only consists of a minimum number of optical components and is compact enough to induce minimum alteration to the optical path of the microscope.
Claims14
A fiber spectroscopic probe mountable on a standard light microscope, said fiber spectroscopic probe comprising:
- an input optical fiber for delivering excitation light from an external light source;
- an adapter means detachable from said fiber spectroscopic probe, said adapter means being mountable directly above a nosepiece of the microscope for securing said fiber spectroscopic probe thereof to direct said excitation light through an objective lens of the microscope to a sample to excite a spectroscopic signal and collect said spectroscopic signal though said objective lens;
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- an output optical fiber for delivering said spectroscopic signal to an external spectrometer device for spectral analysis.
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