Science Gets Low-Cost Photon Counter

Oct. 1, 1999
Designed for analytical and scientific applications such as confocal microscopes, adaptive optics, Lidar, particle sizing, and fluorescence microscopes, the SPCM-AQR actively quenched single photon counting module uses an avalanche photodiode capable

Designed for analytical and scientific applications such as confocal microscopes, adaptive optics, Lidar, particle sizing, and fluorescence microscopes, the SPCM-AQR actively quenched single photon counting module uses an avalanche photodiode capable of detecting single photons over a wavelength of 400 to 1060 nm with better than 70% Q.E. at 650 nm. This self-contained unit requires only 5V to operate.

Company: EG&G OPTOELECTRONICS

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