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photodetector
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A photodetector is a device used to detect and measure the intensity of radiant energy through photoelectric action. In a cytometer, photodetectors measure either the number of photons of laser light scattered on impact with a cell (for example), or the flourescence emitted by excitation of a fluorescent dye.
Term info
Label
photodetector
definition source
http://einstein.stanford.edu/content/glossary/glossary.html
editor preferred term
photodetector
example of usage
A photomultiplier tube, a photo diode
has curation status
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000123
term editor
John Quinn