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Document US000007446880B2 (Pages: 52)

Bibliographic data Document US000007446880B2 (Pages: 52)
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54 Title TI [EN] Method and apparatus for measuring and monitoring optical properties based on a ring-resonator
71/73 Applicant/owner PA HARVARD COLLEGE, US
72 Inventor IN FISCHER PEER, US ; VOLLMER FRANK, US
22/96 Application date AD Apr 6, 2006
21 Application number AN 39860806
Country of application AC US
Publication date PUB Nov 4, 2008
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Priority data PRC
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PRD
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66878405
Apr 6, 2005
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PRC
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70500205
Aug 3, 2005
51 IPC main class ICM G01B 9/02 (2006.01)
51 IPC secondary class ICS
IPC additional class ICA
IPC index class ICI
Cooperative patent classification CPC G01N 2021/0346
G01N 2021/432
G01N 2021/7789
G01N 21/05
G01N 21/23
G01N 21/39
G01N 21/45
G01N 21/553
G01N 21/7746
G02B 2006/1213
MCD main class MCM G01B 9/02 (2006.01)
MCD secondary class MCS
MCD additional class MCA
57 Abstract AB [EN] A method and apparatus for performing refractive index, birefringence and optical activity measurements of a material such as a solid, liquid, gas or thin film. The apparatus has an optical ring-resonator with a closed optical path that constitutes a cavity. A sample is introduced into the optical path of the resonator such that the light in the resonator is transmitted through the sample and relative and/or absolute shifts of the resonance frequencies or changes of the characteristics of the transmission spectrum are observed. A change in the transfer characteristics of the resonant ring, such as a shift of the resonance frequency, is related to a sample's refractive index (refractive indices) and/or change thereof. A reflecting surface may be introduced in a ring resonator. The reflecting surface can be raster-scanned for the purpose of height-profiling surface features.
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