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Title: Computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating same

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Shoreham, NY
  2. Stony Brook, NY
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Associated Universities, Inc., Upton, NY (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
867463
Patent Number(s):
4942303
Assignee:
Associated Universities, Inc. (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01N - INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
computer; controlled; fluorometer; device; method; operating; pump; flash; source; probe; sample; chambers; combination; light; condenser; lens; associated; filters; reflectors; collimators; signal; conditioning; monitoring; means; programmable; software; background; irradiance; operable; according; rapidly; efficiently; accurately; measure; photosynthetic; activity; precisely; recording; changes; fluorescence; yield; produced; series; predetermined; cycles; flashes; respective; sources; computer means; sample chamber; computer controlled; pump sources; computer control; signal conditioning; accurately measure; monitoring means; pump source; fluorometer device; flash source; controlled fluorometer; /250/356/

Citation Formats

Kolber, Zbigniew, and Falkowski, Paul. Computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating same. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Kolber, Zbigniew, & Falkowski, Paul. Computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating same. United States.
Kolber, Zbigniew, and Falkowski, Paul. Mon . "Computer controlled fluorometer device and method of operating same". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/867463.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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year = {1990},
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