Photon counting system for subnanosecond fluorescence lifetime measurements
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 47 (9), 1113-1121
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1134827
Abstract
A new photon counting system has been developed for subnanosecond fluorescence lifetime measurements. The system incorporates a nanosecond light pulser, a dual counter unit, and a constant‐fraction discriminator. The operating conditions of the light pulser have been adjusted to minimize the spread of the light pulse waveshape. The discriminator has upper and lower level adjustments and a time walk of no more than ±35 psec over a 50‐mV to 5‐V input pulse amplitude variation. The measuring system has a total system time resolution, expressed as the FWHM of the light pulse, of 800 and 1480 psec using photomultipliers 8850 and 8852, respectively, with full photocathode illumination and optimized operating conditions. The system will measure both single and multiple decay components, and it is designed and optimized for experiments involving measurements of decay time constants as short as 90 psec.Keywords
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