https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.T06377
A technique for the measurement of the time histogram of a
sequence
of photons with respect to a periodic event, e.g. a flash from a repetitive nanosecond lamp
or a CW operated laser
(mode
locked laser
). The essential part is a time-to-amplitude-converter (TAC) which transforms the arrival time between a start and a stop pulse into a voltage. Sometimes called single photon timing.