Title :
Compact, automatic set-up for ultra-weak photon emission measurements in organisms
Author :
Bertogna, Eduardo ; Santos, Samuel R. ; Paterniani, José Euclides Stipp ; Conforti, Evandro ; Gallep, Cristiano M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Technol., State Univ. of Campinas, Limeira, Brazil
fDate :
Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011
Abstract :
We have designed and implemented an UWPE (ultra-weak photon emission) measurement system - a dark chamber and low dark count PMT module - oriented to environmental control studies. The system is totally controlled by software - power supply, counting board, temperature control and shutter for light excitation. The system´s architecture and performance are described here. In terms of SNR the proposed system has presented a great improvement related to previous development, also in terms of resources provided as full automatic control of power supply, sample illumination and temperature control capability yet having low implementation costs.
Keywords :
bioluminescence; cellular biophysics; microorganisms; photomultipliers; photon counting; SNR; UWPE measurement system; automatic control; automatic set-up; counting board; dark chamber; delayed luminescence; light excitation; low dark count PMT module; organisms; photomultiplier tubes; power supply; software controlled system; temperature control; ultraweak photon emission measurement; virtual instrument; Microorganisms; Noise; Photonics; Pollution measurement; Temperature control; Temperature measurement; Biophoton; Photon-counting; Ultra-weak photon emission;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Natal
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1662-1
DOI :
10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169247
