A multi-function opto-electronic detection apparatus for detecting
molecular characteristics of a test sample. The appratuses comprises
functional mode subsystems including a detecting light source subsystem
for generating sampling beams for illuminating the test sample; a
manipulation optics subsystem for aligning the sampling beam onto the test
sample; a target signal processing subsystem for analyzing target beams
emerging from the test sample resulting from the illuminating of the
sampling beam; and a sample fixation subsystem for holding the test
sample. The detecting light source subsystem, manipulation optics
subsystem and target signal processing subsystem are assembled into one of
several possible optical sampling setups for the detection characteristics
of the test sample. The functional mode setups include at least
ellispometer, confocal image scanner, photon tunneling scanning microscope
and interferometer.
