function [photonAbsorptionRate] =...
	PhotonAbsorptionRate (irradianceInQuanta, irradianceS, absorbtanceSpectra, absorbtanceSpectraS, collectingDiameter)
% [photonAbsorptionRate] =...
%		PhotonAbsorptionRate (irradianceInQuanta, irradianceS, absorbtanceSpectra, absorbtanceSpectraS, collectingDiameter)
%
% Compute photons being absorbed per photoreceptor per sec, given the spectrum incident on the
% photoreceptor array.  We typically take the collecting area of a photoreceptor to be the inner segement
% diameter.
%
% Spatial units for this routine are um, which are convenient for photoreceptor calculations.  Be sure
% to convert your incident spectrum to these units.  The retinal irradiance is passed in quantal units.  Note
% that routines EnergyToQuanta and QuantaToEnergy are available for your converting pleasure.
%
% Can handle multiple photorceptor types.  Put each absrorbtance spectrum in a row of matrix
% absorbtanceSpectra, put corresponding collecting diameters in column vector collectingDiameter.
%
% Units: 
%   photonAbsorptionRate: quanta/sec/photorecptor
%   irradianceInQuanta: quanta/um^2-sec-wlinterval
%   absorbtanceSpectra: probability an incident quantum will be absorbed.
%   collectingDiameter (um^2)
%
%	05/06/03	lyin Wrote it
% 06/12/03	lyin Change the way variable being passed.
% 06/26/03  dhb  Change computation of area to pi*r^2 rather than pi*d^2!
% 06/26/03  dhb  Change to expect absorptanceSpectra and collectingDiameter in rows.
% 7/08/03   dhb  Cosmetic.
% 7/09/03   dhb  Take input in quantal units.

% Convert the wavelength representation of irradianceInQuanta into
% that of the photoreceptor absorbtance spectra
irradianceInQuanta = SplineSpd(irradianceS, irradianceInQuanta, absorbtanceSpectraS);

% Compute absorptions per unit area for each passed photoreceptor (quanta/sec-um^2).
photonAbsorptionRatePerArea = (absorbtanceSpectra * irradianceInQuanta);

% Calculate the Photon collecting area of each type of photoreceptors
collectingArea = pi * (collectingDiameter/2).^2;

% Real numbers of photons absorbed for each photoreceptors (quanta/sec)
photonAbsorptionRate = photonAbsorptionRatePerArea .* collectingArea;

