Patent ID: 7595873

Claim:
A spatially averaging Raman optical microscope, comprising: an illumination source; an objective lens configured to focus and spatially displace upon a sample, received X-Y angularly displaced light of said illumination source so as to induce Raman light, said objective lens being further configured to substantially spatially collect and direct said induced Raman light along a predetermined Raman beam path so that said Raman light can be detected and spectrally resolved; at least one X-Y scanning mirror interposed between said illumination source and said objective lens, said X-Y scanning mirror being configured to receive drive signals in a prime ratio so that received radiation from said illumination source can be angularly displaced on said objective lens so as to scan in a time-dependent manner, a desired area of said sample with said illumination source; and detection and analyzing means configured to collect and spectrally resolve in a spatially averaged manner, said induced Raman light.