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Grazing angle microscope

US6008936A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1998
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B21/082
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a grazing angle microscope for spectroscopic applications. A novel light path having two shifting planar mirrors permits spectroscopic investigation of a sample area off the optical microscope axis at grazing angles as well as visual viewing at steeper angles of incidence of the light.

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