Frequently Asked Questions

The MCS-CT3 is a pulse counting instrument that can be used as a laboratory rate-meter or a photon counting system.

The MCS-CT3 has a selection of channel width and total run-time, enabling/disabling of trigger-in and of trigger-out I/O channels, setting of pmt HV via a 0 to +2V control voltage output line, selection of chosen MCS-CT3, where two are used, manual start and stop of measurement run, automatic plot of pmt plateaux curves for optimization of operating voltage, automatic saving of count data in a separate Excel worksheet, and optimum flexibility using readily adaptable open-source MS Excel macros.

The MCS-CT3 is suitable for all applications involving the counting, storage, and subsequent processing of TTL pulses as a function of time. It is particularly applicable to time-resolved single photon counting mode operation when used in combination with TTL output AD8 amplifier/discriminator.

The MCS-CT3 has three software configurable counting modes: pre-set number of channels, pre-set total measurement period, or continuous measurements.

To use the MCS-CT3 as a photon counting system, an ET Enterprises TTL output AD8 amplifier/discriminator and suitable detector are required.

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