Imaging apparatus and method
US6594011B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 11, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S436/805
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Imaging apparatus and method which uses change of polarization state of a light beam passed through a total internal reflection structure by a single reflection at a TIR surface in which a specimen is placed in the evanescent field associated with the total internal reflection of the light beam, the specimen being the subject of biological, chemical or genetic investigation.
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