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Patent US8120782 - Processes for producing tunable optical cavities - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA tunable optical cavity can be tuned by relative movement between two reflection surfaces, such as by deforming elastomer spacers connected between mirrors or other light-reflective components that include the reflection surfaces. The optical cavity structure includes an analyte region in its light-transmissive...http://www.google.com/patents/US8120782?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8120782 - Processes for producing tunable optical cavitiesAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8120782 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/603,627Publication dateFeb 21, 2012Filing dateOct 22, 2009Priority dateFeb 5, 2007Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS7633629, US20080186508, US20100040981Publication number12603627, 603627, US 8120782 B2, US 8120782B2, US-B2-8120782, US8120782 B2, US8120782B2InventorsPeter Kiesel, Oliver Schmidt, Michael Bassler, Uma SrinivasanOriginal AssigneePalo Alto Research Center IncorporatedExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (145), Non-Patent Citations (54), Referenced by (2), Classifications (9), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetProcesses for producing tunable optical cavities
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