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 provided 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 optimise 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 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.
AuraTek 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.
Specifications
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 | |||
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)
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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.
