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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 08171499', 'Application No. 08171499', 'Application No. 08150964', 'Application No. 08150966', 'Application No. 08151017', 'Application No. 08151019', 'Application No. 08151020', 'Application No. 08151021', 'Application No. 08151022', 'Application No. 08150964']

Patent US8120782 - Processes for producing tunable optical cavities - Google Patents
A 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 cavities
Publication number US8120782 B2
Application number US 12/603,627
Also published as US7633629, US20080186508, US20100040981
Publication number 12603627, 603627, US 8120782 B2, US 8120782B2, US-B2-8120782, US8120782 B2, US8120782B2
Inventors Peter Kiesel, Oliver Schmidt, Michael Bassler, Uma Srinivasan
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Cooperative Classification G01N21/45, G02B26/001, G01J3/26, G01N2021/451
European Classification G01N21/45, G01J3/26