Patent ID: 8879064
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G01J,G01N,H01J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first chamber body having a transmission window configured to transmit a radiation pulse along a transmission direction, the radiation pulse having a fluence sufficient to ablate a portion of a target; a second chamber body adjacent to the first chamber body, wherein the second chamber body is configured to support a target that is ablatable by the radiation pulse and wherein the second chamber body is moveable relative to the transmission window along a translation direction different from the transmission direction, wherein the first chamber body and the second chamber body at least partially define an accommodation region within which the target can be accommodated; and an aerosol transport conduit having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the aerosol transport conduit defining an aerosol transport region in fluid communication with the accommodation region at the first end and in fluid communication with a region outside the accommodation region at the second end, wherein the aerosol transport conduit is configured to transport an aerosol along a substantially straight transport path extending from the first end to the second end, the aerosol including a material ablatable from the target.