Spectrophotometer
AssigneeShimadzu Seisakusho Ltd.
InventorsYoshio Tsunazawa, Shosuke Tezuka, Rikuo Hira
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Abstract
A spectrophotometer which uses as a detector a silicon photocell and a phototube sensitive to short wavelengths. The light from the sample cell is divided into a smaller and a larger portion. The smaller portion is projected onto the silicon photocell and the larger portion, to the phototube. The two outputs are combined and amplified for indication. The whole of the light transmitted through the sample cell may also be projected to the phototube while the spectrophotometer operates in the short wavelength region and alternatively to the silicon photocell while the instrument operates in the long wavelength region.
Claims14
A spectrophotometer comprising:
- means for providing a monochromatic light at a sequence of wavelengths over a predetermined spectral range;
- a sample containing portion;
- a light measuring device including a first photoelectric element designed for use in the long wavelength portion of said spectral range, a second photoelectric element designed for use in the short wavelength portion of said spectral range;
- means for amplifying the electrical outputs from said first and second photoelectric elements and optical means for directing said monochromatic light through said sample containing portion to said light measuring device, said light measuring device comprising means for optically dividing the light from said sample containing portion into a first and a second portion and simultaneously projecting said first and second portions onto said first and second photoelectric elements, respectively.
A spectrophotometer comprising:
- a monochromator;
- a sample cell to which the light from said monochromator is projected;
- a detector comprising a silicon photocell, a phototube sensitive in a predetermined short wavelength region and means for dividing the light from said sample cell into a small portion and the remaining large portion and projecting said small portion onto said silicon photocell and said remaining large portion onto said phototube simultaneously, the outputs of said photocell and said phototube being combined to form the output of said detector;
- and means for amplyfing said output of said detector.
A spectrophotometer comprising:
- a monochromator;
- a pair of cells to which the light from said monochromator is projected;
- a pair of detectors each receiving the light from one of said cells and comprising a silicon photocell, a phototube sensitive in a predetermined short wavelength region and means for dividing said light from said one cell into a small portion and the remaining large portion and projecting said small portion onto said silicon photocell and said remaining large portion onto said phototube simultaneously, the outputs of said photocell and said phototube being combined to form the output of each said detector;
- and a pair of amplifiers each amplifying the output of one of said detectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.