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Abstract

A system for detecting fluorescence emitted from a plurality of samples placed in a plurality of sample wells in a detection system. The detection system may include either a single lens which may be used to focus excitation beams on one or a plurality of the sample wells. Alternatively, a plurality of lenses may be placed in a housing and may be used to focus one or a plurality of excitation beams onto one or a plurality of sample wells. In addition, splitters or diffusers may be used to split a single excitation beam into a plurality of excitation beams to excite a plurality of sample wells simultaneously. Therefore, a plurality of sample wells may be excited and detected simultaneously rather than consecutively. The sample wells may generally be arranged in arrays having a plurality of geometries. Specifically, sample wells may be arrayed in rectangular, square, circular, or spiral geometries.

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