Fast, flexible algorithm for calculating photon correlations
Optics Letters, Vol. 31, Issue 6, pp. 829-831 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.31.000829
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Abstract
We introduce a new algorithm for computing correlations of photon arrival time data acquired in single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS). The algorithm is based on rewriting the correlation as a counting operation on photon pairs and can be used with arbitrary bin widths and spacing. The flexibility of the algorithm is demonstrated by use of FCS simulations and single-molecule photon antibunching experiments. Execution speed is comparable to the commonly used multiple-tau correlation technique. Wide bin spacings are possible that allow for real-time software calculation of correlations, even for high count rates.
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OCIS Codes
(170.6280) Medical optics and biotechnology : Spectroscopy, fluorescence and luminescence
(180.1790) Microscopy : Confocal microscopy
(300.2530) Spectroscopy : Fluorescence, laser-induced
ToC Category:
Spectroscopy
History
Original Manuscript: October 24, 2005
Manuscript Accepted: November 11, 2005
Virtual Issues
Vol. 1, Iss. 4 Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics
Citation
Ted A. Laurence, Samantha Fore, and Thomas Huser, "Fast, flexible algorithm for calculating photon correlations," Opt. Lett. 31, 829-831 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-31-6-829
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