Methods and systems for simultaneous real-time monitoring of optical signals from multiple sources
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1. An array of signal sources on a substrate, the array comprising:
- a first plurality of signal sources located at a first location on the substrate, wherein a first signal source of the first plurality of signal sources is a first distance from a second signal source in the first plurality of signal sources; and
a second plurality of signal sources located at a second location on the substrate, wherein a first signal source in the second plurality of signal sources is a second distance from a second signal source in the second plurality of signal sources, the second distance being greater than the first distance, wherein signal sources toward a center location of the array are closer together than signal sources at a peripheral location on the array.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for real-time monitoring of optical signals from arrays of signal sources, and particularly optical signal sources that have spectrally different signal components. Systems include signal source arrays in optical communication with optical trains that direct excitation radiation to and emitted signals from such arrays and image the signals onto detector arrays, from which such signals may be subjected to additional processing.
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1. An array of signal sources on a substrate, the array comprising:
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a first plurality of signal sources located at a first location on the substrate, wherein a first signal source of the first plurality of signal sources is a first distance from a second signal source in the first plurality of signal sources; and a second plurality of signal sources located at a second location on the substrate, wherein a first signal source in the second plurality of signal sources is a second distance from a second signal source in the second plurality of signal sources, the second distance being greater than the first distance, wherein signal sources toward a center location of the array are closer together than signal sources at a peripheral location on the array. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system, comprising:
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an optical train for receiving signals from an image field on an array of signal sources and imaging said signals onto a detector; and an array of signal sources, comprising a first plurality of signal sources located at a first location on the substrate, wherein a first signal source of the first plurality of signal sources is a first distance from a second signal source in the first plurality of signal sources; and a second plurality of signal sources located at a second location on the substrate, wherein a first signal source in the second plurality of signal sources is a second distance from a second signal source in the second plurality of signal sources, the second distance being greater than the first distance, wherein a distance between two adjacent signal sources at a periphery of the image field is greater than a distance between two adjacent signal sources at a center of the image field on the array. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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