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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2009
Shingo Imanishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeo Arai, Saitama, JP;
Suguro Dowaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical measuring device includes: a light applying section configured to apply laser light to a sample flowing in a channel; and a fluorescence detecting section configured to detect fluorescence generated from the sample irradiated with the laser light; the fluorescence detecting section including a multichannel photomultiplier tube having a plurality of detection channels capable of simultaneously detecting a plurality of light beams, a light separator configured to separate the fluorescence according to wavelengths to provide the plurality of light beams, the light separator being provided by a transmission grating or a prism, and a telecentric condenser lens configured to receive the plurality of light beams from the light separator and direct the plurality of light beams toward the plurality of detection channels of the multichannel photomultiplier tube so that the optical axes of the plurality of light beams are parallel to each other.