Glossary

APBS

All photon burst search

DCBS

Dual channel burst search

MFD

Multiparameter fluorescence detection, i.e. the simultaneous detection of color, fluorescence lifetime and anisotropy information

PIE

Pulsed interleaved excitation

TAC

Time-to-amplitude converter as used in TCSPC electronics.

TAC channel

Unit of the microtime. Related to microtime in nanoseconds by the resolution of the TCSPC electronics.

TAC range

The length of the available microtime range, usually given by the inverse of the laser repetition or synchronization rate.

TCSPC

Time-correlated single photon counting

TTTR

Time-tagged time-resolved data. PicoQuant’s name for TCSPC data.