US Patent:
20110178774, Jul 21, 2011
Inventors:
Alan Lee Migdall - Gaithersburg MD, US
Sae Woo Nam - Boulder CO, US
International Classification:
G06F 17/40
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention provide an inexpensive and fast pulse characterization platform capable of real time operation, suitable for acquisition of single-photon data. Embodiments of the present invention include both a digital multi-channel data acquisition instrument and an analog pulse acquisition instrument suitable for a wide range of applications in physics laboratories. An FPGA performs multi-channel acquisition in real time, time stamps single events, and determines if the events fit a predetermined signature, which causes the events to be categorized as a coincidence. The indications of coincidences are then communicated to a host computer for further processing as desired.
