Kapusta P., Wahl M., Erdmann R. (Eds.) Advanced Photon Counting: Applications, Methods, Instrumentation (Springer Series on Fluorescence. Volume 15)

Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2015. – 371 p. – ISBN: 978-3-319-15635-4In 1926 the physicist Frithiof Wolfers and the chemist Gilbert N. Lewis coined the name photon for the quantum of light discovered about 20 years earlier. Even if it may look a little superficial at first glance, let us note the involvement of chemists here and elsewhere in the evolution of quantum physics. Indeed, the overwhelming success of quantum mechanics as a modern scientific theory is rooted not so much in pure physics but in its inescapably convincing explanatory power for virtually all aspects of physical chemistry and material science. Modelling atoms and molecules as quantum mechanical systems undergoing transitions between quantum states, some of them involving photon absorption and emission, was the key to understanding and eventually even exploiting virtually all previously mysterious spectroscopic effects. In this sense it is not a surprise that the methods addressed in this volume are now used more often in chemistry and related fields than in pure physics. In fact, spectroscopic methods have become indispensible in biochemistry because light as a probe, suitably applied, can be used in living cells without any damage to the specimen and without unduly spoiling the functions or processes under investigation.Modern TCSPC Electronics: Principles and Acquisition Modes
Single-Photon Counting Detectors for the Visible Range Between 300 and 1,000 nm
Single-Photon Detectors for Infrared Wavelengths in the Range 1–1.7 mm
Modern Pulsed Diode Laser Sources for Time-Correlated Photon Counting
Advanced FCS: An Introduction to Fluorescence Lifetime Correlation Spectroscopy and Dual-Focus FCS
Lifetime-Weighted FCS and 2D FLCS: Advanced Application of Time-Tagged TCSPC
MFD-PIE and PIE-FI: Ways to Extract More Information with TCSPC
Photon Antibunching in Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy
FLIM Strategies for Intracellular Sensing
Multiple-Pulse Pumping with Time-Gated Detection for Enhanced Fluorescence Imaging in Cells and Tissue
Pattern-Based Linear Unmixing for Efficient and Reliable Analysis of Multicomponent TCSPC Data
Metal-Induced Energy Transfer
The Importance of Photon Arrival Times in STED Microscopy
Single-Color Centers in Diamond as Single-Photon Sources and Quantum Sensors
Photon Counting and Timing in Quantum Optics Experiments
Photon Counting in Diffuse Optical Imaging