BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an overall system the present invention.
FIG. 2 provides a schematic illustration of an array of signal sources on a substrate, such as zero mode waveguides.
FIG. 3 illustrates an alternative configuration of signal sources to accommodate signal separation detection systems of the invention.
FIG. 4 schematically illustrates the separated imaged signals derived from the substrate shown in FIG. 3, providing an overlay of the signal sources from that substrate on the imaged signals.
FIG. 5 schematically illustrates the substrate and optical train of the systems of the invention that includes optical componentry for the separation and detection of spectrally resolvable signal components.
FIG. 6 provides a schematic illustration of a system of the present invention that includes optical componentry for simultaneous illumination of larger numbers of signal sources on the substrates.
FIG. 7 provides an example of an optical train employing a deflective element in dividing one illumination beam into multiple beams.
FIG. 8 provides an alternative example of use of a deflective element in dividing illumination beams.
FIG. 9 schematically illustrates an optical train employing conventional beam splitting optics to generate multiple illumination beams for subsequent linearization.
FIG. 10 schematically illustrates an optical train that utilizes polarizing beam splitters in producing multiple illumination beams and/or lines.
FIG. 11 schematically illustrates a number of alternative optical configurations for splitting and directing different polar beam components of an illumination beam.
FIG. 12 schematically illustrates an optical train that multiplexes the beam splitting function of the optical trains shown in, e.g., FIGS. 11 and 12.
FIG. 13 provides a comparative plot of illumination profiles of flood illumination and multi-line illumination incident upon a substrate.