Abstract

For the ill-conditioned problem of resolving multiple exponential components from luminescence decay profiles, time correlated photon counting (TCPC) is usually chosen because it yields data over a large dynamic range and with accurately known errors, derived from Poisson photon statistics. However, as no more than one photon is collected after each excitation, TCPC requires a large number of laser pulses to achieve the required dynamic range.

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