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= Solution

An arrival at $s\le t$ remains active with probability $1-(t-s)$ when $0\le t-s\le1$, and zero later. By <Poisson thinning>, the detector count is Poisson with mean
$$
m(t)=\lambda\int_{\max(0,t-1)}^t[1-(t-s)]\,ds
=\begin{cases}\lambda(t-t^2/2),&0\le t\le1,\\ \lambda/2,&t\ge1.\end{cases}
$$

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