Patent · US Expired

Device for blocking of divergent radiation, as in spectroscopy and instrument and method utilizing same

US5170223A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 1990
Grant dateDec 8, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B27/144
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The spectrometer permits transmission and emission measurements to be made selectively and accurately without extinguishing the internal radiation source. It includes a device that blocks the divergent source-beam radiation that would otherwise corrupt the emission signal received by the detector.

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