OPTIMIZATION OF DATA-ACQUISTION RATES IN TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE-PHOTON FLUORIMETRY

被引:38
作者
HAUGEN, GR [1 ]
WALLIN, BW [1 ]
LYTLE, FE [1 ]
机构
[1] PURDUE UNIV,DEPT CHEM,W LAFAYETTE,IN 47907
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10.1063/1.1135671
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TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
Four different operating configurations of a time-to-amplitude converter were examined for performance in the time-correlated single-photon fluorimetric experiment. Parameters considered were the intensity/count linearity, maximum data rate, and decay distortion. The inverted configuration with an interactive source was optimum. This arrangement combined total linearity with a 37-kHz conversion rate and did not distort the fluorescence decay. In addition, the pulse-height analyzer could severely limit the overall system data rate and could destroy the TAC intensity/count linearity.
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