Photomultiplier

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An electronic sensing device used to detect electromagnetic energy of a wide range of frequencies and intensity levels.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A device, normally in the form of a tube, that uses a photocathode to convert photons into photoelectrons which are then amplified
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    "• This coherent emission of bioluminescence (having the characteristics of a \ "bio-laser\" emission) was demonstrated by using high technology and methodology, such as a photomultiplier, that is able to determine the Poissonian Photocount Statistics of a \ "biophoton emission\" and the hyperbolic-like relaxation of \ "delayed luminescence\" by analyzing the \ "biophoton emission\" and the"
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