libtimetag 0.9.2

Library for storage and processing of time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) data.

About

Libtimetag is a library for opening time-correlated single-photon counting data stored in the "small simple time-tagged" (SSTT) file format, and also provides algorithms to process these data, such as fast cross-correlation functions. These functions are fast enough that anti-bunching and fluorescence-correlation spectroscopy (FCS) cross-correlation curves can be visualized live; no hardware correlator is required.

The library was made for two use cases: (i) as a supporting library for other (C/C++/...) applications (e.g., PHAST), and (ii) as Python library for data processing and analysis. It is used on a daily basis for data acquisition, processing, and analysis at the lab of Freddy Rabouw at Utrecht University. The library was originally developed by Stijn Hinterding.

Installing as Python module

Simply install from pypi using pip:

pip install libtimetag

Usage as Python module

Please see the python notebook.

Installing as C++ library

Libtimetag was developed on Windows using MSYS2 (more specifically, the MSYS2 MinGW 64-bit toolchain). The following should work under Windows (MSYS2), and Linux-like OS's. Inside a shell, situated in the project root directory, execute:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make
make install

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by The Netherlands Center for Multiscale Catalytic Energy Conversion (MCEC), an NWO Gravitation Programme funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the government of The Netherlands.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root.