60 results about "Luminescent Measurements" patented technology

An apparatus for selected measurement of in particular luminescent and/or fluorescent radiation has a plurality of measurement light paths (M1, M2, M3), which each have their own measuring devices optimized for the particular measurement mode. As a common device, a filter holder (5) is used, in which the detector and each of the measuring devices have access to each of the openings of the filter holder, and each of these openings can be equipped with an emissions filter that is expedient for the particular measurement mode involved. The result is an especially compact arrangement of a multipurpose measuring instrument with measurement properties that is largely equivalent to the measurement properties of special individual measuring instruments and that is also suitable in particular as an individual instrument for special luminescence measurements, such as BRET measurements.

Methods are presented for separating the effects of background doping density and effective minority carrier lifetime on photoluminescence (PL) generated from semiconductor materials. In one embodiment the background doping density is measured by another technique, enabling PL measurements to be analysed in terms of effective minority carrier lifetime. In another embodiment the effective lifetime is measured by another technique, enabling PL measurements to be analysed in terms of background doping density. In yet another embodiment, the effect of background doping density is removed by calculating intensity ratios of two PL measurements obtained in different spectral regions, or generated by different excitation wavelengths. The methods are particularly useful for bulk samples such as bricks or ingots of silicon, where information can be obtained over a much wider range of bulk lifetime values than is possible with thin, surface-limited samples such as silicon wafers. The methods may find application in solar cell manufacturing for improving the manufacture of silicon ingots and bricks, or for providing a cutting guide for wafering.

The present invention provides a luminescence measuring method that can be accurately and quickly carried out while inhibiting a possible background associated with viable bacteria adhering to a nozzle or Adenosine Tri Phosphate remaining in the nozzle, and an apparatus for the method. The present invention uses a washing apparatus characterized by including a nozzle, a lysys solution, a luminescence reagent solution, and a detection section, as well as a relevant washing method and a relevant luminescence measuring method. To remove viable bacteria adhering to the nozzle, the nozzle is immersed in the lysys solution and then in the luminescence reagent solution. The detection section monitors luminescence occurring during a washing process.

The present invention relates to a luminescence measuring apparatus for detecting, at high sensitivity and high accuracy, chemoluminescence and bioluminescence of a substance contained in a sample. Specifically, the present invention provides an apparatus for measuring an amount of luminescence in a sample, comprising: a container for the sample; a photodetector for detecting luminescence from the container; and at least one optical filter inserted between the photodetector and the container, and/or a pH modifier added to the container, wherein the photodetector performs measurement of light emitted from the container at all wavelength regions and spectrometry at a specific wavelength range, and/or measurement of light, the intensity of which is changed by the pH modifier. The present invention also relates to a microbe counting apparatus based on luminescence detection of ATP in a viable microbial cell.

The invention relates to a single reaction cup luminescent measurement chamber. The single reaction cup luminescent measurement chamber comprises: a measuring chamber, a top cover; a photon counter; a shutter structure, which is arranged between the photon counter and the measurement chamber and can close or open a photon via hole. Through the design of the shutter structure, before opening of the top cover, a driving part is rotated to drive the movement of a baffle plate, so that a through hole on the baffle plate and the photon via hole can be staggered, i.e. a lens of the photon counter can be shielded to prevent the incidence of external light into the photon counter, thus ensuring the service life and precision of the photon counter. After close of the top cover, the driving part is rotated to drive the baffle plate to move, so that the through hole on the baffle plate can coincide with the photon via hole, therefore the photon counter can collect the luminescent amount of a substance in a reaction cup.

The invention relates to a chemiluminescence measuring instrument and a measuring method of chemical liquid luminescence intensity. Current chemiluminescence measuring instruments have a large volume and a slow measuring speed. Therefore, the chemiluminescence measuring instrument comprises a micropore plate, a photoelectric sensor, and a micropore plate driving system; the micropore plate driving system can drive the micropore plate to move longitudinally; the chemiluminescence measuring instrument is characterized in that the instrument also comprises an optical fiber; one end of the the optical fiber is fixed on an input end of the photoelectric sensor, and the other end is a movable end, and is equipped with a transverse driving mechanism; the transverse driving mechanism can drive the movable end to move laterally above the micropore plate. For optimization, when the movable end of the optical fiber moves relative to the micropore plate, row-by-row reciprocating motion or column-by-column reciprocating motion is performed. The chemiluminescence measuring instrument of the invention has the advantages of small volume, high measuring speed, and high efficiency, and the measuring method of chemical liquid luminescence intensity of the invention measures during the reciprocating stroke, has a high speed, and high efficiency, and is applicable to the fields of biochemistry and clinical diagnosis.

This invention allows to shoot an image using correct object distance information and light emitting amount when the main light emitting amount upon shooting an object image is calculated by making the pre-light emission after the auto-focusing process. To this end, when a predetermined button independent of a release button is operated, a focusing process is executed first. Then, photometry is made while inactivating a strobe, i.e., under available light, and an exposure value is determined based on an object distance. Then, pre-light emission is made, light reflected by the object in the pre-light emission is measured, and the photometry result under the available light is subtracted from that in the pre-light emission, so as to obtain a brightness value of object reflected light of only the pre-light emission. This brightness value is corrected to be equal to lower than an allowable maximum value depending on the object distance to compute a main light emitting amount. After that, when the release button is operated, the strobe is driven on the basis of the determined main light emitting amount, and shooting is made using the determined exposure value.

Semiconductor quantum dots are becoming valuable analytical tools for use in biomedical applications. Indeed, their unique properties offer the opportunity to design luminescent probes for imaging and sensing with unprecedented performance. In this context, we have identified operating principles to transduce supramolecular association of complementary receptor-ligand binding pairs into enhancement or suppression in the luminescence of sensitive quantum dots. Thus, complementary receptor-ligand binding pairs can be identified with luminescence measurements relying on our design logic. In fact, we have demonstrated with a representative example that our protocol can be adapted to signal receptor-ligand binding.

The present invention relates to luminescence detection with respect to a substance contained in a sample. In particular, it relates to a weak luminescence detection device adapted to detect chemiluminescence and bioluminescence of the substance contained in the sample with high sensitivity and high precision.

The invention relates to a device for measuring the intensity of a luminescence radiation emitted by at least one chemical species probed, along a trajectory by an excitation radiation. The device comprises n measurement channels, where n is an integer greater than or equal to 2, each measurement channel being used to measure a fraction of the intensity of the luminescence radiation emitted along the trajectory. The invention is also applicable to analytical chemistry to make speciation measurements.

The invention discloses a single-photon counting system for measuring weak luminescence of a dielectric medium, comprising a single-photon photoelectric converting module, an input signal photoelectric separating module, a pulse signal output module, an external triggering signal collecting module, a triggering threshold adjusting module, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) module and a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) interface module. In the system, theFPGA module is adopted, so that the complex control circuit is mounted in one chip, the volume of the device is reduced and the design of the circuit is simplified, thereby being convenient for producing and debugging; and simultaneously, in the system, the PCI interface and PC (personal computer) are adopted to transfer the data so as to satisfy the requirements for measuring the weak luminescence of polymers by means of the excellent communication speed and interference resistance of the PCI interface.

A transient grating (TG) is used as an optical gating element with sub-picosecond time resolution for luminescence measurements from a photo-detector array. The transient grating is formed in a gate medium by one or more pulsed gate beams. For photoluminescence measurements such as photoluminescence spectroscopy or imaging, a source is excited by a pulsed excitation beam, and the pulsed gate beams are synchronized to the pulsed excitation beam with an adjustable delay between the excitation of the source and the formation of the TG. Moreover, a source or its spectra can be imaged at two different regions of the photo-detector array at two different times spaced in time by a selected duration of time with sub-picosecond resolution over a range of a nanosecond or more. A beam from the source is deflected to the different regions by changing the frequency or geometry of the pulsed gate beams.

A method for measuring and analyzing bioluminescence, including the steps of receiving in real-time a luminescence measurement result group from a creature sample group, displaying and maintaining in real-time the luminescence measurement result group, receiving in real-time another luminescence measurement result group from the creature sample group, and displaying and maintaining in real-time the another luminescence measurement result group, instead of the luminescence measurement result group.

A light fluctuation measuring apparatus, comprising a parameter setting unit 2 which sets parameters of a microscopic image obtaining unit and/or parameters of a light emission measuring unit used for observing light emission in a desired area of a sample in time series, a parameter storage 4 which stores parameters, a mode selector 3 which selects one of a microscopic image obtaining mode for obtaining a microscopic image by a microscopic image obtaining unit, and a light emission measuring mode for observing light emission in a desired area by a light emission measuring unit, and a control unit 1 which reads parameters stored in the storage 4 based on a selected mode, inputs the parameter to a microscopic image obtaining unit or a light emission measuring unit, and controls these units.

To increase the direct light received by the detector and decrease reflections from the detection component support structures, the luminescent substance is placed as close to the detector as possible. More specifically, the apparatus is configured so as to slide out a structure shielding the detector from light and at the same time slide in the vessel containing the luminescent substance therein until the vessel comes right under the detector. The invention can detect trace luminescence from a small-volume sample by maximizing the amount of direct light received from the sample and minimizing the decay of indirect light received from the sample attributable to interactions with the vessel for containing the sample therein, the structure for collecting light, and the structure for supporting other detection components.

Methods for the early sensing of tissue ischemia and/or infarctions within organs using the spectroscopic features of serum luminescence include (i) isolating serum from a blood sample, (ii) directing an excitation light at the serum, (iii) receiving an endogenous serum chromophore emission light from the excited serum, and (iv) determining a presence of an ischemic condition based on the intensity of the endogenous serum chromophore emission light. Methods of detecting organ dysfunction can include transmitting excitation light to luminal contents of a mammalian blood vessel comprising trace amounts of exogenous chromophores administered to the subject mammal via the circulatory system. Transdermal luminescence measurements from the trace amounts of exogenous chromophores can then be used to determine organ dysfunction. Such methods enable routine monitoring of blood luminescence to bridge the diagnosis gap between sensitive symptom diagnosis and specific marker diagnosis, resulting in an effective early screening modality.

A photometer for measuring photometric magnitudes in a liquid medium includes a housing adapted to be introduced into the medium for on-site measurements; and light-emitting measuring beam transmitter and receiver that are arranged behind opposing measuring windows in a measuring slot in the housing, in which the slot is open to the medium. A measuring beam is generated in a measuring conduit in the measuring slot. A reference conduit is included for a reference measurement which is separate from the measuring conduit. At least one carrier part for the measuring beam transmitter and the measuring beam receiver is provided to move on a given path in the housing. The carrier part is constructed to move on the given path from the measuring conduit to the reference conduit and back, for measuring intensity values of the measuring beam in the measuring conduit and in the reference conduit.