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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1980
Hugh D Copeland, Chula Vista, CA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Apparatus is provided for analyzing the structure of light burst activity ich is generated by a particular light source, such as a group of bioluminescent organisms. The apparatus includes a photon detector for detecting discrete photons of light occurring proximate to the source during each sampling time in a series of sampling times, and further includes a counter coupled to the photon detector for providing successive photon counts, a photon count being the number of discrete photons detected by the photon detector during one of the sampling times. A pulse height analyzing device is coupled to the counter for providing a distribution of the photon counts over the sampling time series.