COMPUTER-SIMULATIONS IN SPECTROMETRY

A commercially available simulation computer program has been augmented by the addition of libraries of Jones and Mueller calculus component blocks, enabling the program to handle mixed systems consisting of both electronic signal processing blocks and optical component blocks. The program and libraries constitute a "scientific block diagram program." The scope and power of the synthesis are demonstrated by application to both graphite tube furnance electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry and laser-excited liquid chromatographic detection of optical activity.