Claims
- 1. An optical probe comprising:
- an optical waveguide wherein said optical waveguide is a polarization-preserving fiberoptic cable;
- a beamsplitter coupled to said optical waveguide wherein there are no refractive elements between said beamsplitter and said optical waveguide;
- and a non-refractive focusing element coupled to said beamsplitter.
- 2. An optical probe comprising:
- an optical waveguide;
- a non-refractive focusing element coupled to said optical waveguide wherein said optical waveguide is a polarization-preserving fiberoptic cable and wherein there are no refractive elements between said optical waveguide and said non-refractive focusing element;
- and an optical detector coupled to said non-refractive focusing element.
- 3. The optical probe of claim 2 further comprising a probe enclosure coupled to said optical waveguide.
- 4. The optical probe of claim 3 wherein said probe enclosure is replaceable.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part application under 37 CFR 1.53 of patent application WAVELENGTH INDEPENDENT OPTICAL PROBE, Ser. No. 08/726,238 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,818,601 filed Oct. 4, 1996.
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