Correction methods for photon pile-up in lifetime determination by single-photon counting
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 3 (1), 101-109
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/3/1/013
Abstract
The distortion of photon-count distribution from single photon counting at high count rates is discussed with consideration of its use in in excited-state lifetime measurements. An inhibit function technique is described which facilitates collection of data at high count rates.Keywords
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