皮秒时间相关单光子计数光谱仪的核心技术

The Key Technology of Picosecond Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting Spectrometer

研制的皮秒时间相关单光子计数光谱仪利用时间相关单光子计数 (TCSPC)技术 ,采用了具有分光时间弥散动态和静态补偿特性的光栅分光系统 ,解决了传统分光系统的光信号时间弥散问题 ;使用多道谱分析仪开设时间窗口 ,测量荧光衰减曲线和时间分辨光谱 ;用荧光衰减曲线的多指数拟合方法处理数据。给出了光谱仪的原理和总体方案 ,介绍了系统的集成和工作流程。通过各种标准样品的试验数据分析和对比 ,得出系统所测荧光寿命可达到 ps量级 ,而且具有最高的灵敏度———单光子计数 ,时间分辨率达到 8 8ps。

The picosecond time-correlated single photon counting spectrometer developed uses the TCSPC technique and grating splitter technique that can compensate the time spread dynamically and statically. The time spread caused by the conventional optical system can be eliminated completely. The multichannel analyzer is used to measure the fluorescence decay curves and the time-resolved spectrum by opening the time windows. The method for multi-exponential fitting to the fluorescence decay is also used to deal with the data. The system theory and design of the spectrometer are presented in detail, and the process of operation is introduced with the integration of the system. Many standard samples have been measured, and the data have been analyzed and contrasted. Experimental results show that the fluorescence life-span scaled by the spectrometer reaches picosecond distinction, and the spectrometer's sensitivity is single photon counting. Time resolution of the spectrometer is 8.8 ps.