KEYWORDS: Interfaces, Field programmable gate arrays, Single photon, Quantum optics, Photodetectors, Fluorescence lifetime imaging, Data processing, Data acquisition, Applied physics
The speed of modern Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) requires very fast host interfaces and/or real-time data processing. We present a new instrument design with scalability for many channels, an extremely short dead-time, 5 ps resolution and a high speed interface to one or more external FPGAs. Beyond design features and benchmark data we present results from fluorescence lifetime imaging and show a development snapshot of other high throughput applications.
We present a new architecture of Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) and time tagging electronics with multiple synchronized input channels. Its unique data interface enables fast data transfer and rapid on-the-fly analyses via external FPGA boards beyond the throughput-limitations of widely established data interfaces. Apart from showing design features and benchmark results of the instrument as such, we present results from fluorescence lifetime imaging and a development snapshot of other high throughput applications.
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