Computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating same
A computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating same, said device being made to include a pump flash source and a probe flash source and one or more sample chambers in combination with a light condenser lens system and associated filters and reflectors and collimators, as well as signal conditioning and monitoring means and a programmable computer means and a software programmable source of background irradiance that is operable according to the method of the invention to rapidly, efficiently and accurately measure photosynthetic activity by precisely monitoring and recording changes in fluorescence yield produced by a controlled series of predetermined cycles of probe and pump flashes from the respective probe and pump sources that are controlled by the computer means. 13 figs.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- Assignee:
- Associated Universities, Inc., Washington, DC (United States)
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4942303; A
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-304273
- OSTI ID:
- 7076514
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 31 Jan 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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