Patent ID: 11879837
Assignee: PHOTOTHERMAL SPECTROSCOPY CORP.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  C  H | IPC C  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus for microscopic analysis of a sample by simultaneously characterizing infrared absorption characteristics of a plurality of spatially resolved locations corresponding to a wide area of the sample, the apparatus comprising:
a source of infrared radiation configured to illuminate the wide area of the sample with a beam of infrared radiation;
a source of probe radiation configured to illuminate the wide area of the sample with a beam of probe radiation;
a collector configured to collect as collected probe radiation at least a portion of probe radiation from each of the plurality of spatially resolved locations on the sample;
at least one camera configured to detect at least a portion of the collected probe radiation to generate signals indicative of infrared absorption corresponding to each one of the plurality of spatially resolved locations,
wherein the signals indicative of infrared absorption have a spatial resolution of less than 1 micrometer.