Development of Streak Camera system

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Time resolved emission spectroscopy is a commonly used tool in academic research. The simplest tool to time resolve emission is by Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC). TCSPC systems are ubiquitous in Chemistry Departments. In contrast Streak Camera (SC) systems can offer much better performance that TCSPC albeit with added cost and complexity. The objective of this proposal is to assist Axis Photonique in developing their Streak Camera system to better suit wider commercial adoption. The Streak Camera is a type of detector that when mated to a spectrometer can enable measurement of time resolved emission with a time resolution of 10 ps. The system from Axis Photonique can even have time resolution of 1 ps in averaging mode - the best in the industry. In contrast TCSPC has time resolution of 100 ps typically. The largest vendor of Streak Camera systems is Hamamatsu in Japan. The Hamamatsu system costs $100,000 more than the equivalent system from Axis Photonique. The market presence of Hamamatsu arises from it selling a fully functional product for the non-expert. And moreover the product visibility of Hamamatsu systems that shows its suitability for a wide variety of applications. The equivalent system from the smaller Axis Photonique requires engineering work on the part of the users, and is taken as more of a development relationship. Moreover the Axis system has not been validated on an equally wide array of applications. Here we will provide engineering solutions to Axis Photonique as well as validation of their performance so as to further guide engineering developments. These developments have the ultimate aim of increasing the market visibility and market space of Montreal's Axis Photonique to enable it to be a global supplier of spectroscopy solutions to a wide variety of researchers.