Optimal use of photomultipliers for chemiluminescence and bioluminescence applications

Luminescence

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-18

  Ellis, R J ^a   Wright, A G ^a  

^a Electron Tubes Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low light level; Photomultiplier; Photon counting; Plateau characteristic; Single electron response

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHOTONS; SIGNAL RECONSTRUCTION;

LIGHT DETECTION; LOW LIGHT LEVEL; NATURE OF LIGHT; PERFORMANCE; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON COUNTING METHOD; PLATEAU CHARACTERISTIC; SIGNAL RECOVERY; SINGLE ELECTRON RESPONSE; UPPER LIMITS;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON;

CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LIGHT; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS;

EID: 0032600168     PISSN: 15227235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-7243(199901/02)14:1<11::AID-BIO511>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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