IP Library Granted Patent US 12,287,290
Granted Patent B2
US 12,287,290 · App. 18/227,296 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Microscopic Raman device

Inventor: Tomoyo Tao (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
G01N21/65G01N2021/653G01N2201/06113G01N2201/0636G01N2201/0648
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,287,290
App. No.
18/227,296
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a microscopic Raman device including: a first laser light source that generates a first laser light; a second laser light source that generates a second laser light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first laser light; a first optical element; a second optical element; a third optical element; a fourth optical element; and a spectrometer. When the first laser light is reflected by the first optical element and passes through the third optical element to irradiate a sample, a first Raman scattered light is generated from the sample. When the second laser light is sequentially reflected by the second optical element, the fourth optical element, and the third optical element to irradiate the sample, a second Raman scattered light is generated from the sample. The first Raman scattered light passes through the third optical element and the first optical element to enter the spectrometer.

Claims (20)

1. A microscopic Raman device comprising:

a first laser light source that generates a first laser light;

a second laser light source that generates a second laser light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first laser light;

a first optical element;

a second optical element;

a third optical element;

a fourth optical element; and

a spectrometer, wherein

when the first laser light is reflected by the first optical element and passes through the third optical element to irradiate a sample, a first Raman scattered light is generated from the sample,

when the second laser light is sequentially reflected by the second optical element, the fourth optical element, and the third optical element to irradiate the sample, a second Raman scattered light is generated from the sample,

the first Raman scattered light passes through the third optical element and the first optical element to enter the spectrometer, and

the second Raman scattered light is sequentially reflected by the third optical element and the fourth optical element and passes through the second optical element to enter the spectrometer.

2. The microscopic Raman device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a shutter,

wherein the shutter is configured to selectively allow for passing of one of the first Raman scattered light and the second Raman scattered light.

3. The microscopic Raman device according to claim 2 , wherein

the shutter is configured to selectively allow for passing of one of the first Raman scattered light having passed through the first optical element and the second Raman scattered light having passed through the second optical element.

4. The microscopic Raman device according to claim 1 , wherein

the spectrometer has a first channel via which the first Raman scattered light enters and a second channel via which the second Raman scattered light enters, and

one of the first Raman scattered light and the second Raman scattered light is selectively allowed to enter the spectrometer by opening or closing the first channel and the second channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2023
From: TAO, TOMOYO
To: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064429/0682 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-123890 · Aug 3, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240044800A1 · Feb 8, 2024
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