Light waveform measuring device including a streak camera
First Claim
1. A light waveform measuring device which measures a waveform of light produced from an object in response to an exciting pulse beam, comprising:
- light source means for outputting first and second light beams which are different in frequency and at least one of which is a pulse beam;
mixing means for subjecting said first and second light beams to sum frequency mixing;
selecting means for selecting a sum frequency beam from output beams of said mixing means, and applying said sum frequency beam to said object as said exciting pulse beam;
pulse detecting means for detecting a pulse beam which is synchronous with said sum frequency beam from said output beams of said mixing means and producing an output when such a pulse beam is detected; and
measuring means for detecting and measuring said waveform of light produced from said object in response to said exciting pulse beam using said output of said pulse detecting means as a measurement starting reference signal.
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Abstract
Laser sources produce two light beams which are different in frequency and at least one of which is a pulse beam. The two light beams are subjected to sum frequency mixing in a non-linear optical element and a resultant sum frequency beam is applied to a specimen as an exciting pulse beam. A pulse beam separated from the sum frequency beam and synchronized therewith is detected by a photodetector. A measuring means measures a waveform of fluorescence light emitted from the specimen using an output of the photodetector as a measurement starting reference signal. According to one embodiment, the device operates in a single photon counting mode and the measuring means counts repeatedly an elapsed time from the detection of the measurement start reference signal to the detection of the fluorescence light for every divided section of the elapsed time.
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1. A light waveform measuring device which measures a waveform of light produced from an object in response to an exciting pulse beam, comprising:
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light source means for outputting first and second light beams which are different in frequency and at least one of which is a pulse beam; mixing means for subjecting said first and second light beams to sum frequency mixing; selecting means for selecting a sum frequency beam from output beams of said mixing means, and applying said sum frequency beam to said object as said exciting pulse beam; pulse detecting means for detecting a pulse beam which is synchronous with said sum frequency beam from said output beams of said mixing means and producing an output when such a pulse beam is detected; and measuring means for detecting and measuring said waveform of light produced from said object in response to said exciting pulse beam using said output of said pulse detecting means as a measurement starting reference signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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