Features
256 Photon Counting Channels
Offers best available time resolution for photon counting applications
Easy to use
System is self-triggering and event driven, with time and amplitude data provide for each photon detected
Choice of spectral response
UV, visible and NIR
Customised
for specific applications and effortless integration
Software
Allows real-time monitoring of data and to optimize data post-processing
High sensitivity photocathodes
Offering High QE
Applications
High Content Screening
Time Resolved Spectroscopy
Wide Field Time Correlated Single Photon Counting
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM)
Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)
LiDAR
Wavelength Shifting Fibre Readout
Scintillating/Cherenkov Fibre Readout
Microplate readout
Beam monitor
Product Overview
The Photek AuraTek PCS is an all-in-one multi-channel photon counting system enabling parallel readout with exceptional timing and high event-rate capabilities.
256 independent channels, each with 60 ps timing resolution, can simultaneously register single-photon events with count rates of up to 480 kcps.
The PCS unlocks new possibilities in wide-field fluorescence lifetime measurements, LIDAR, quantum information systems, among other diverse applications.
Customisable features include detector gating and a wide range of available photocathodes, including those with high UV sensitivity and extremely low dark counts.
A Gigabit ethernet connection and specially designed software allows for fast and easy data acquisition, enabling more focus on your application.
Product Range
General Characteristics | ||||
Window | Fused Silica (Optional Fibre Optic/Sapphire) | |||
Active Area | 26.5 x 26.5 mm | |||
Electron Multiplier | Dual MCP | |||
Anode Formats | 16 x 16 | |||
Anode Pitch | 1.656 mm | |||
Photocathode | Solar Blind, Bi-Alkali, S20, S25 | |||
Specifications
Single Photon Response | Typical | |||
Time Stamp Resolution | 30 cps | |||
Transit Time Spread (TTS) | Typical Pixel – 60 ps σrms | |||
Channel Trigger Rate Max | 480 kHz | |||
Maximum Ratings | ||||
Sensor High Voltage | < 3500 V | |||
Average Total Count Rate | 107 cps (Averaged over detector) | |||
Power | 12 V @ 5 A | |||
Sensor Head (W x H x D) | 188 mm x 120 mm x 82 mm | |||
Figure 1: Example single photon timing resolution
measured using an LPG-650 (40 ps FWHM pulsed
laser).
Figure 2: Available photocathodes on fused silica window will reduce sensitivity and no response below 300 nm.
