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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2008
Mitsuo Kitaoka, Kyoto, JP;
Ryutaro Oda, Kyoto, JP;
Masahide Gunji, Kyoto, JP;
Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
The fluorescence detector includes: a flow cell provided on a flow passage for flowing a sample; a sample temperature control block for keeping the flow cell and the flow passage located on the sample inlet side of the flow cell at a constant temperature; an excitation optical system; a fluorescence optical system having a photodetector and used for guiding fluorescence emitted from a sample flowing through the flow cell to the photodetector and detecting the fluorescence; a photodetector temperature control block for keeping the photodetector at a constant temperature; and a temperature control unit having a simultaneous temperature control block united with both the temperature control blocks and a temperature control system provided to be in contact with the simultaneous temperature control block to heat and/or cool the simultaneous temperature control block.