Aurea Technology has launched the newly designed SPD_A_M2, said to be the world's first all-in-one Dual single-photon counting module, at Photonics West 2011.
The SPD_A is a range of ultra-low-noise, high-quantum-efficiency near-infrared [900-1,700nm] single-photon detectors.
The detectors' Geiger-mode InGaAs avalanche photodiode and thermoelectric coolers ensure a low and stable dark count, with a performance superior to 5 x 10-6/ns.
The SPD_A features a QE that is adjustable up to 25 per cent.
The series also provides plug-and-play connections to personal computers via a USB interface, allowing users to easily adjust detection efficiency and tune gate width and delay.
Though it comes with its own graphical user interface, end-users are free to develop their own with Labview or C++.
Aurea Technology allows the development of superior and low-cost new products in the near infrared.
The SPD_A allows for single-photon counting, time correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC), fluorescence, spectroscopy, confocal and two-photon microscopy.
