Miniature 8-channel photon counter for OEM applications

Intended for large-volume OEM applications, the id150-1x8 is the only multichannel solid-state single photon detector on the market. It consists of a CMOS silicon chip packaged in a standard TO8-16pin header with a transparent window cap. The chip combines 8 in-line single photon avalanche diodes that can be accessed simultaneously for parallel processing. square in center-to-center A fast active quenching circuit is integrated within each pixel in order to operate each diode in photon counting regime. The chip is mounted on a printed circuit board on top of a single-stage thermoelectric cooler (TEC). A thermistor can be used to measure the temperature of the chip. Only two low power supplies of +5V and -25V are needed for operation in photon counting mode. The fast active quenching circuit leads to a dead time of less than 50ns per channel. An outstanding timing resolution of less than 60ps allows high accuracy measurements.

Features

• 1x8 linear array
• 8 independent outputs for parallel read-out
• Pixel active area of 40x40 um
• Center-to-center pitch of 60 um
• Best-in-class timing resolution
• Low dark count rate
• Low afterpulsing probability
• Low dead time
• Peak photon detection at 500nm
• Not damaged by strong illumination
• No crosstalk
• Reliability of CMOS technology
• Compact in TO header
• Low bias voltages (+5V and -25V)
• Fast Active Quenching Circuit

Applications

• High throughput single molecule detection
• Parallel DNA sequencing
• Fluorescence and luminescence detection
• Multi-channel time correlated photon counting
• Serial single molecule detection
• Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy
• Decay time measurements
• Flow cytometry
• Spectrophotometry
• LIDAR, optical range finding
• Quantum optics, quantum cryptography
• Optical time domain reflectometry

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