Patent ID: 7154599

Claim:
A system for performing an optical analysis of a test sample comprising: a) a photonic energy source for emitting electromagnetic radiation, wherein said photonic energy source is controlled by a digital signal processing means; b) an optical emission processing means for receiving electromagnetic radiation from the photonic energy source and transmitting one or more illumination wavelengths to a test sample, wherein the optical emission processing means is controlled by the digital signal processing means; c) a received light optical processing means for collecting and isolating one or more wavelengths of received electromagnetic radiation from the test sample and transmitting the isolated one or more wavelengths of received electromagnetic radiation to an optical detector, wherein said received light optical processing means is controlled by the digital signal processing means; d) an optical detector for sensing and converting the isolated one or more wavelengths of received electromagnetic radiation into an electrical signal; and e) digital signal processing means for performing matched filtering of the electrical signal received from the optical detector and for controlling the functionality of the photonic energy source, the optical emission processing means and the received light optical processing means, said digital signal processing means encoding the electromagnetic radiation prior to illumination of the test sample and said match filtering being performed by a filter correlated with the encoded electromagnetic radiation.