Fluorescence detection instrument with reflective transfer legs for color decimation

An optical instrument for fluorescence analysis of many colors from a target substance comprising,

• a plurality of beam sources having beams impinging upon fluorescent target material thereby producing fluorescent light,
• a plurality of optical fibers corresponding in number to the plurality of beam sources, the fibers having associated optics collecting the fluorescent light, each fiber having an input terminal and an output terminal with an optical axis therebetween and projecting outwardly from each output terminal,
• a plurality of arrays of dichroic mirrors, with at least one dichroic mirror in each array disposed along each projected optical axis thereby receiving light from a fiber output terminal, and
• a plurality of detectors associated with each mirror array, with at least one detector associated with each mirror, the mirrors and detectors arranged in a single enclosure defining a cluster, thereby isolating the fluorescent light signatures of one cluster from another.

An optical instrument for fluorescence analysis comprising,

• a holder supporting fluorescent targets,
• a plurality of lasers directing beams to impinge upon the fluorescent targets thereby generating fluorescent light,
• a light collector positioned to collect fluorescent light from targets in a manner maintaining separation of fluorescent light output for each incident beam,
• a plurality of optical fibers, each fiber having an input end receiving output fluorescent light from the light collector and an output end directing said fluorescent light outwardly along a projected optical axis,
• a series of dichroic mirrors associated with each projected optical axis, separating fluorescent light into output beams of constituent wavelengths,
• a series of detectors intercepting the output beams of constituent wavelengths with a detector associated with each dichroic mirror, with a number of mirrors and detectors forming a cluster wherein light from only one fiber is in each cluster, a group of clusters associated with all of the optical axes.

An optical instrument for fluorescence analysis of many colors comprising,

• a light transmissive holder supporting fluorescent target material,
• a plurality of lasers of different colors having closely spaced beams illuminating said target material,
• a light collector means for forming beams of fluorescent light with spatial separation, one beam associated with each laser,
• a plurality of optical fibers, each fiber receiving light of a different color from one of the beams associated with each laser,
• a plurality of detector arrays, each array forming a cluster receiving light from a fiber, each cluster having color decimation means for separating and detecting colors received from the associated detector cluster.