Materials
| Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
| Poly-L-lysine Solution (0.1%) | Sigma-Aldrich | P8920 | http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/p8920?lang=en®ion=US |
| Polybead Microspheres | Polysciences, Inc. | 7307 | http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/p8920?lang=en®ion=US |
| 1 mL Luer Slip Tip Syringe | Exel Int. | 26048 | http://www.exelint.com/tuberculin_syringes.php |
| Clay Adams Intramedic Luer-Stub Adapter 23-gauge | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 427565 | http://www.bd.com/ds/productCenter/ES-LuerStubAdaptors.asp |
| Polyethylene tubing | Harvard Apparatus | 59-8325 | http://www.harvardapparatus.com/laboratory-polye-polyethylene-non-sterile-tubing.html |
| Photomultiplier Tubes | Hamamatsu | R7400U-20 | Spectral response range of 300 to 920 nm, Peak wavelength 630 nm, 0.78 ns response time http://pdf1.alldatasheet.com/datasheet-pdf/view/212308/HAMAMATSU/R7400U-20.html |
| 3 x 1 mm precision slits | Edmund Optics | NT39-908 | 2 slits mounted at right angles to one another on photomultiplier tubes |
| Oscilloscope | Tektronix | TBS 1032B | Alternative brands are acceptable. Digital Oscilloscope, TBS 1000B Series, 2 Analogue, 30 MHz, 500 MSPS, 2.5 kpts http://www.tek.com/oscilloscope/tbs1000b-digital-storage-oscilloscope |
| 8 Pole LP/HP Filter | Krohn-Hite | 3384 | Alternative brands are acceptable. A frequency range from 0.1 Hz to 200 kHz is recommended. http://www.krohn-hite.com/htm/filters/PDF/3384Data.pdf |
| Optiphot microscope | Nikon | NA | Any upright or inverted phase microscope can be used. https://www.thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=754 |
| 50:50 (R:T) Cube Beamsplitter | ThorLabs | BS013 |
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