Fiber optic probe with integral optical filtering
US5862273A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 21, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 21, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/241
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Laser band-pass filter and/or band-reject filters are located at the end of an optical measurement probe by placing an appropriate Bragg grating proximate to the tip, and within, one or both of the optical fibers that make up the probehead. Thus, where an optical fiber is used to carry excitation energy of a nominal wavelength to a sample, the distal tip of this fiber will have included therein an optical filter to selectively pass energy of the nominal wavelength. Similarly, where an optical fiber is employed to carry stimulated emission from the sample to an analytical instrument such as a spectrometer, this fiber will have included within it at its distal tip an optical filter to selectively reject energy associated with the nominal wavelength. A disclosed system-level optical measurement probe would include a laser, a spectrometer, a first optical fiber to carry energy from the laser to a sample, including a Bragg grating laser bandpass filter at its tip, and a second optical fiber to carry energy collected from the sample to the spectrometer, including a Bragg grating laser band-reject filter at its tip.
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