Patent ID: 9395311
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method of detecting the presence of a molecular species in a sample; the method utilizing means for generating one or more frequencies of electromagnetic radiation, including frequencies matched to the molecular species' rovibrational energy levels, for perturbing the rovibrational density of states of the molecular species (hereinafter the “matched frequencies”); the method further utilizing means for assessing the spectral response of the molecular species in its perturbed and un-perturbed states and for assessing the presence of the molecular species in the sample; the method including: assessing the rovibrational density of states of the molecular species as manifested by its spectral response in at least one region of the electromagnetic spectrum; assessing the perturbed state of the molecular species by perturbing the rovibrational density of states of the molecular species using frequencies of electromagnetic radiation selected from the matched frequencies and determining the effects of the perturbation on the spectral response of the rovibrational density of states of the molecular species; and assessing the effect the perturbation had on the molecular species using its perturbed and un-perturbed spectral responses.