Jobin
Yvon IBH software is the most user friendly available
for time-resolved fluorescence and contains some very
powerful features. This page will introduce you to our
three main applications.
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Overview
Jobin Yvon IBH has produced commercial decay analysis software
(DAS) since 1977, and our early DOS versions became firmly
established as the standard in fluorescence labs around
the world. The key to this early success was the stability
and reliability of our Hybrid Grid-Search Algorithm (HGSA)
used for chi-squared minimisation - a proprietary algorithm
developed specifically for fluorescence lifetime analysis
and widely accepted to give better performance than the
general purpose Marquardt algorithm. These tried-and-tested
algorithms now underpin our latest DAS6
analysis package for Windows™ and are available
only from Jobin Yvon IBH.
DAS6
builds on the success of earlier versions, while introducing
a new intuitive interface and full 32-bit functionality.
Our DAS6 product page
describes this new software application in more detail,
and also features a FAQ section for existing v4.2 users
who might be thinking of upgrading. A free evaluation copy
is available for download from this site.
The software application described above deals with
analysing and presenting fluorescence lifetime (and spectral)
data, but how is this raw data acquired? Lifetime data
is
measured using a fluorescence lifetime system, and Jobin
Yvon IBH manufactures a wide range of systems based on
the
time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC) technique.
Until recently, TCSPC fluorescence lifetime instruments
were notoriously difficult to use. Much of the complexity
was due to the use of general purpose nucleonic instrumentation
and software designed for applications such as gamma ray
spectroscopy. Jobin Yvon IBH's award-winning DataStation
software overcame this complexity by presenting the user
with a single unified user interface, transforming lifetime
systems by making them intuitive to use for the first time.
