Intellectual Property Law

US Patent 7349085 - Detecting CNT orientation using lasers

By blaisemouttet

In order to properly characterize a carbon nanotube it is helpful to actually know the orientation of the nanotube. This patent from Intel teaches a method of doing this using dual laser beams. Claim 1 reads:

1. A method comprising: illuminating a carbon nanotube with a first laser beam and a second laser beam transverse to one another; and monitoring the effect on transmission of light from said first laser beam as the polarization of the second laser beam is changed.

Full post as published by TinytechIP on March 26, 2008 (boomark / email).