Patent ID: 8228602
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A luminescence based optical scanning system for detecting light emitted from a sample provided on a substrate, the system comprising: a. An optical excitation module for providing an excitation signal to two or more sample sites provided on the substrate; b. An optical detection module configured to detect supercritical angle fluorescence emitted by an excited sample; c. A mount for receiving the substrate, the mount comprising a support window provided between the optical detection module and the received substrate, the support window being optically coupled to at least one element of the optical detection module via a first index matching material and being optically coupled to the received substrate via a second index matching material, the mount providing for lateral movement of the substrate relative to the each of the optical excitation and optical detection modules so as to allow for sampling at each of the two or more sample sites.