LifeSpec II is designed for use with high-repetition rate pulsed femtosecond, picosecond and supercontinuum lasers. The system is a fully automated solution combining hardware and software in a single package for fundamental research and routine laboratory applications. Its zero temporal dispersion optics set the standards for technical performance in measuring ultra-fast decays.

The LifeSpec II is compatible with Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) techniques and enables digital counting to reduce background noise, real-time direct measurement and observation and the extraction of long and short-lifetimes with large and small amplitudes from a single measurement.

The LifeSpec II features a temporally subtractive double monochromator. This provides spectral resolution, while at the same time eliminates the effect of temporal dispersion which prohibit accurate lifetime measurements in the lower picosecond time range.

Advanced software both controls the instrument and allows ultrafast data acquisition and analysis that lets you to watch your profiles build live on screen and comprehensively manipulate and analyse data across the UV/Vis/NIR spectral range.

The LifeSpec II in the standard configuration is supplied with one detector. A configuration with two detectors can be specified on purchase. The LifeSpec II requires at least one picosecond pulsed diode laser, pulsed LED or Ti:Sapphire laser (with suitable pulse picker) for operation. The system is height adjustable so that the optical plane can be set between 130mm - 180mm.