The HILIGHT Project has reached a new stage in detector development, with recent tests confirming both advanced temporal performance and successful integration into a microscopy platform.
Recent experimental work has demonstrated two key advances in the performance and readiness of the HILIGHT detector. First, the minimum achievable gating window width has now been fully characterised, with measured values below 1 ns. This level of temporal control is essential for time-resolved measurements and supports the detector’s use in fluorescence lifetime imaging.
Second, the HILIGHT detector has been successfully coupled to a microscope, enabling the acquisition of the first images from a Convallaria majalis sample. At this stage, the images represent standard photon count measurements rather than fluorescence intensity or lifetime images. These measurements serve to validate optical coupling, alignment, and detector operation within a microscopy environment.
Together, these results mark an important step toward full system-level FLIM measurements. The first fluorescence lifetime images using the HILIGHT detector are expected as integration and testing progress.
We look forward to sharing further updates as detector validation and system integration continue across the HILIGHT consortium.
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