Widefield TSCSPC-systems with large-area-detectors: application in simultaneous multi-channel-FLIM

Wide-field TCSPC: methods and applications

“…Wide-field TCSPC requires the position of the arriving photon to be measured and recorded simultaneously with its arrival time, and it is also known as time and space correlated single photon counting (TSCSPC) [58,59]. Image intensifier detectors have been used for wide-field single photon detection since the 1960s.…”

Time and position sensitive single photon detector for scintillator read-out

“…A special variant of this is the MCP-photomultiplier (MCP-PMT), which can detect single photons from red to UV wavelengths with a quantum efficiency of up to a few ten percent, providing spatial and temporal information with a precision well below 0.1 mm and 100 ps, respectively, at count rates up to a few million per second and for active detector diameters of at least 75 mm [2]. We have developed a novel design for a special MCP-PMT with so-called resistive screen anode (RS-PMT) adopting the technique of capacitive image-charge coupling through solid materials [3], which eases the mechanical design for positionand time-sensitive photon detectors and simultaneously allows reconfiguring the read-out method for various applications [4][5][6]. It especially enables implementing advanced read-out electronics for correlating each detected photon with coincidently recorded particles/photons on auxiliary detectors or with external parameters.…”