Patent ID: 11860091
Assignee: nan
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. An apparatus for in-situ processing and inspection of an object, comprising:
a pulsed laser source configured to modify at least one of an optical, mechanical, or chemical property of a first region of a surface of the object during the in-situ surface inspection of the object;
a laser source configured to be directed through an optics path to shape, position and focus a pulsed laser beam at the first region;
a probe illumination light beam configured to be directed to the optics path for producing a combined and collinear optical light path comprised of the pulsed laser beam and the probe illumination light beam, wherein the combined and collinear optical light path are focused and delivered at a same region on the surface;
wherein a first focus spot of the probe illumination light beam is substantially superimposed over a second focus spot of the pulsed laser beam on an illuminated region of the surface and wherein back-scattered probe light reflected off the illuminated region is collected and directed through at least a portion the combined and collinear optical light path to provide a bi-directional common optic path for the pulsed laser beam, probe illumination light beam, and the collected back-scattered probe light from the illuminated region;
an analyzer device configured to continually assess and analyze modifications to the first region and control predetermined modifications to each target region by automatically adjusting laser pulse intensities of the laser beam continually assessing modifications to each target region and controlling predetermined modifications to the next region by automatically adjusting laser pulse intensities of the laser beam; and
an imaging device configured to construct an image of the surface with at least one pixel and at least one pixel value, wherein each pixel represents a region on the surface and each pixel value represents a value of collected probe light at a region of a defined position and wherein the constructed image is used to adjust the laser pulse intensities for predetermined modifications to other regions.