SensL launches PCSTime, photon timing system

One of the primary objectives of the Nano2Life (N2L) Joint Program of Activities (JPA) is “to identify gaps which limit fundamental and technological breakthrough in nanobiotechnology”

The size and complexity of current low light detection systems restricts the advancement of new
techniques and methodologies in the areas addressed by the twelve strategic research projects.
SensLs breakthrough low light detection technology is smaller, more reliable, insensitive to excess
light and magnetic fields and enables participants in these programs to:-

• produce more reliable, low maintenance, measurement and diagnostic systems

• design smaller and lower cost point of care/use equipments through technology integration

• prolong sample lifetimes by using lower levels of light

• increase flexibility by optimising detector characteristics in real-time

This mail introduces just one of the products based on this new technology designed to make low light detection solutions easier to implement for time critical research projects.

SensL has released the worlds first Integrated Photon Timing System with timing resolution to 2.5nS and TCSPC capability

The PCSTime is a complete photon timing system solution in a single module incorporating the latest on-board microprocessors, high performance Geiger mode photodiode and high speed USB 2.0. mThe PCSTime integrates a low jitter photon counting sensor, counting and time stamping hardware and timing analysis software into a single solution. The system functionality includes time resolution (time tagging) down to 2.5ns, time binning multi-channel scalar/averager (MCS/MCA) and time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC). The photon counting sensor has a timing jitter of <130ps and a peak quantum efficiency of 45%.

Options include fibre coupling, a lens attachment and one, two or four sensing channels. Easy system set-up, control and data acquisition is achieved through a built-in USB 2.0 PC connection and included Java analysis software. The complete solution in a single module means that it’s no longer necessary to be an optics or electronics expert to implement high resolution photon timing.

The PCSTime is ideally suited to researchers looking to implement concepts such as

• In-vivo nano-imaging

• In-vivo cell and tissue analysis

• Photon Correlation Spectroscope

• Confocal Microscopy

• Fluorescence Lifetime Measurement

• Microarray Scanning

• DNA Biochips/Sequencing

• Scientific Instrumentation

who require an easy-to-use photon counting and time-stamping system.