Fluorometer

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A fluorometer or fluorimeter is a device used to measure parameters of fluorescence: its intensity and wavelength distribution of emission spectrum after excitation by a certain spectrum of light. These parameters are used to identify the presence and the amount of specific molecules in a medium. Modern fluorometers are capable of detecting fluorescent molecule concentrations as low as 1 part per trillion.

Fluorometers have a wide range of applications in chemistry/biochemistry, medicine, environmental studies. See, e.g., dye tracing.

[edit] Fluorometer types

• Filter fluorometer
• Spectrofluorometer

[edit] See also

• Fluorescence spectroscopy, for a fuller discussion of instrumentation
• Radiometer, to measure various electromagnetic radiation
• Spectrometer, to analyze spectrum of electromagnetic radiation
• Scatterometer, to measure scattered radiation