Patent ID: 9638634
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G01N

Claim:
1. A multi-dimensional spectrometer comprising: a sample volume holding a sample to be analyzed; a light detector proximate to the sample volume; at least one white light source providing source light pulses having a substantially continuous bandwidth of at least 500 nanometers; a first optical system directing the source light pulses through the sample volume as a series of probe pulses to be received by the light detector; a second optical system receiving the source light pulses to break the light pulses into at least first and second pump pulses having a controllable time separation between the first and second pump pulses and directing the at least first and second pump pulses through the sample volume; and an electronic computer system communicating with the light detector to receive electrical data therefrom and the second optical system to control the time separation between the at least first and second pump pulses over multiple light pulses to generate a multidimensional spectrograph.