Czerny-turner spectroscope
US6507398B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 2, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 5, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01J3/0208
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A Czerny-Turner spectroscope according to the present invention includes: a collimator mirror having a toroidal surface for reflecting a beam of light passing through an entrance slit to a plane diffraction grating; and a telemeter mirror having a cylindrical surface for reflecting and converging the beam of light reflected and separated by the plane diffraction grating to an exit. When a slit is placed at the exit, the straight generatrix is set substantially parallel to the exit slit. When a linear object (such as the separation channel of the capillary electrophoresis microchip) to receive a part of the spectrum of light reflected by the telemeter is placed at the exit, the linear object is set parallel to the straight generatrix. By this construction and configuration, the curving of monochromatic spectrum component at the exit is minimized, and the monochromatic light produced by the inventive Czerny-Turner spectroscope can pass the exit slit in full. Thus, when used, as the detector of a capillary electrophoresis microchip, stability and reproducibility of capillary electrophoresis measurements are achieved.
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