Scientific Instrumentation

IDQ has a growing scientific instrumentation business, where the company's core Quantum Photonics technologies provide innovative solutions for industrial, commercial and research applications. Its product offering includes photon-counters based on avalanche photodiodes in Geiger mode for the visible and infrared regions of the optical spectrum. It also includes short-pulse laser sources.

Optical Instrumentation Products

IDQ also commercializes the Clavis² Quantum Key Distribution platform designed for research and development applications.

New Product


Passively quenched InGaAs APD new id220 Photon Counter - Low dark count in Free Running mode.

Featuring 100MHz Gating and Free Running operation, the new id210 InGaAs single-photon detector module is now available.

our products

Single photon counters for the visible range 350-900 nm

id100 series: single-pixel detector based on a Si APD
id101 series: miniature single-pixel detector based on a Si APD
id150 series: 1x8 pixel array detectors based on Si APDs

Single photon counters for the infrared range 900 - 1700 nm

id201 series: fiber-coupled photon counters based on an InGaAs/InP APD
id210 series: advanced fiber-coupled photon counters based on an InGaAs/InP APD NEW!
id220 series: Passively quenched InGaAs/InP APD photon counting module NEW!

Short-pulse laser source 1300 - 1550 nm

id300 series: >300ps pulsed laser source

Single photon counters for 900 - 1150nm

id400 series: free space detection head based on an InGaAsP/InP APD

Quantum Key Distribution

Clavis²: QKD platform for R&D applications

Featuring 100MHz Gating and Free Running operation, the new id210 InGaAs single-photon detector module is now available.