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Hamamatsu manufactures a wide range of products from photonic detectors to light sources to full instruments. The general descriptions and uses of our devices are below. Please see the page for your specific application to find more detailed recommendations and links to the specific product part pages.
For over 50 years, Hamamatsu has been a reliable supplier to scientific and research institutions, industry, and OEMs. We offer high-quality photonics products; excellent technical support; customizable products; reliable, on-time delivery; quantity pricing for OEM customers; and long-term availability of parts over many years. Our product categories include:
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Light Sources |
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Lamps |
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Deuterium lamps |
These lamps emit a broad spectrum in the UV region and are characterized by excellent stability, long life, and high brightness. They are suitable light sources for many applications in the semiconductor, medical, life science, and analytical fields. |
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Hollow cathode lamps |
These metal-vapor discharge lamps are used for atomic absorption analysis. We offer 66 types of single-element lamps and 7 types of multielement lamps. |
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Mercury-xenon lamps |
These lamps emit UV to IR light with sharp peaks in the UV and visible regions corresponding to mercury's spectral lines. Other features include high output intensity, high stability, and long life. They are suitable light sources for many applications in the semiconductor, industrial, medical, and life science fields. |
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Xenon flash lamps |
These pulsed light sources emit a broad spectrum from UV to IR. Other features include compact size, high output intensity, and low thermal effects. They are suitable light sources for applications in the semiconductor, industrial, medical, life science, and analytical fields. |
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Xenon lamps |
These lamps emit a broad spectrum from UV to IR, and feature high output intensity, high stability, and long life. They are suitable light sources for applications in the semiconductor, medical, life science, and analytical fields. |
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LEDs and Laser Diodes |
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Continuous wave (CW) laser diodes |
These compact light sources have high optical power, high stability, and long life. They are suitable pumping sources for solid state lasers and as light sources for materials processing and marking. They are also suitable light sources for printers, medical instruments, and measuring instruments. |
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High power linear array laser diodes |
These laser diodes feature high optical power. Single bar and stacked modules are available. They can be used as pumping sources for solid state lasers, as well as light sources for medical instruments and materials processing. |
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LEDs |
Red and infrared LEDs with high radiant output power are available. They are suitable for optical switches, optical encoders, moisture and gas detection, surveying, optical communications, and other applications. |
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Pulsed laser diodes |
These pulsed light sources have high output power, and they are used in various applications including laser radar, range finder, and optical triggers. |
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Quantum cascade lasers (QCL) |
These compact and high-power light sources feature mid-IR, single mode emission and pulsed or continuous wave modes. Suitable applications include gas analysis, environmental monitoring, breath analysis, and toxic chemical detection. |
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Superluminescent diodes |
These laser diodes feature IR emission with high radiant flux density and low coherence. They are suitable light sources for optical coherence tomography (OCT), optical communication, optical measurement systems, and optical fiber gyroscopes. |
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Other Light Sources |
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Light source solutions |
We have a selection of light source solutions for OEMs and end users, including VUV light sources, UV-Visible fiber light sources, and strobe light sources. |
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Picosecond light sources |
These compact light sources, based on laser diodes, deliver pulses with less than 100 ps width and with high repetition rates. Applications include fluorescence lifetime measurements and frequency characteristics measurements of POFs and Gigabit Ethernet optical fibers. |
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Spot light sources |
These light sources feature a xenon or mercury-xenon lamp in a compact housing. They are suitable for UV adhesive curing and irradiation experiments. |
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UV-LED light sources |
These light sources feature long-lasting UV-LEDs and are suitable for UV curing and irradiation experiments. Various configurations are available. |
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Detectors |
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UV-Visible-NIR Sensitivity |
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Avalanche photodiodes (APD) |
These photodiodes feature an internal gain, fast time response, low dark current, and high sensitivity. They are suitable for optical communication devices, automatic control systems, general electronics, automobile electronics, photometric equipment, medical equipment, and high energy physics detectors. |
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Avalanche photodiode (APD) modules |
These modules consist of an APD, low-noise amplifier, and bias power supply. They are suitable for optical communication devices, automatic control systems, general electronics, automobile electronics, photometric equipment, medical equipment, and high energy physics detectors. |
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GaAsP and GaP photodiodes |
These photodiodes have spectral sensitivity similar to the human eye. Typical applications include color sensing and UV detection. GaP photodiodes are suitable for UV detection. GaAsP photodiodes are suitable for applications such as pollution analysis, spectroscopy, colorimetry, and UV detection. |
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Multi-pixel photon counters (MPPC) |
These photon-counting sensors feature high gain, excellent time resolution, low bias operation, and insensitivity to magnetic fields. Various sizes and configurations are available. Their applications include fluorescence analysis and lifetime measurement, flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, biochemical sensing, single molecule detection, positron emission tomography (PET), and high energy physics experiments. |
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Multi-pixel photon counter
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These modules consist of an MPPC and various circuits for operating the MPPC. Their applications include fluorescence analysis and lifetime measurement, flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, biochemical sensing, single molecule detection, positron emission tomography (PET), and high energy physics experiments. |
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Photomultiplier tubes (PMT) |
These detectors have extremely high sensitivity to very low light levels. They feature high gain and ultrafast response. Various sizes and configurations are available. They are suitable for numerous applications in the medical, chemical analysis, high energy physics, industrial measurement, semiconductor, and many other fields. |
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Photomultiplier tube (PMT) modules |
These modules consist of a PMT, high voltage power supply, and signal processing electronics. They are suitable for numerous applications in the medical, chemical analysis, high energy physics, industrial measurement, semiconductor, and many other fields. |
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Silicon photodiodes |
These compact and lightweight detectors have a wide spectral response range, excellent linearity, and low dark current. Various sizes and packages (metal, ceramic, plastic, etc.) are available. They are suitable for many applications including analytical instruments, general photometry, baggage inspection, and optical fiber communications. |
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Silicon photodiode arrays |
These detectors consist of multiple photodiode elements arranged in a linear or matrix format. They are suitable for laser beam position detection, color measurement, and other applications. |
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Silicon photodiode modules |
These modules consist of a silicon photodiode and current-to-voltage amplifier. They are suitable for many applications including analytical instruments, general photometry, baggage inspection, and optical fiber communications. |
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Silicon PIN photodiodes |
These high-speed detectors are widely used for optical communications, optical disk pickup, and other applications that require high-speed response. Various cutoff frequencies are available. |
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IR Sensitivity |
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Infrared detector modules |
These modules incorporate an IR detector and preamplifier, and can be supplied with a temperature controller. To operate these modules, simply connect to a low voltage DC power supply. |
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InGaAs avalanche photodiodes
(for 0.95-1.7 µm) |
These high-speed detectors are designed for distance measurement, spatial light transmission, and low light level detection. |
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InGaAs PIN photodiodes
(for 0.5–2.6 µm) |
This detector type typically has sensitivity within 0.5–2.6 µm. Several types with different spectral response ranges are available. Various active areas, arrays, and packages are available. They are suitable for optical fiber communications, optical power meters, gas analyzers, water content analyzers, and NIR photometry. |
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InSb, InAs, and InAsSb detectors
(for 1–6.7 µm) |
InSb photoconductive detectors have high sensitivity up to 6.5 µm, and are suitable for environmental measurements, radiation thermometers, FTIR spectroscopy, and IR laser detection. InSb photovoltaic detectors are especially useful for measurements in the 3–5 µm range. InAsSb photodiodes are suitable for measurements in the 5 µm spectral band. Both InSb photovoltaic detectors and InAsSb photodiodes are suitable for radiation thermometers, thermal imaging, remote sensing, gas analysis, and IR/FTIR spectroscopy. InAs photovoltaic detectors are high-speed detectors sensitive to 1–3.8 µm. They are suitable for gas analysis, IR radiation measurement, and IR/FTIR spectroscopy. |
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MCT (HgCdTe) detectors
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MCT photoconductive detectors, sensitive to 2-25 µm wavelengths, are suitable for thermal imaging, remote sensing, FTIR, CO2 laser detection, and spectroscopy. MCT photovoltaic detectors, with sensitivity to 1-13.5 µm, are suitable for FTIR, thermal cameras, radiation thermometers, spectroscopy, environmental measurements, and astronomy/space observations. |
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PbS and PbSe detectors
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PbS photoconductive detectors are sensitive to 1–3.2 µm wavelengths. They are suitable for radiation thermometers, flame monitors, water content analyzers, food ingredient analyzers, and spectrometers. PbSe photoconductive detectors, sensitive to 1.5–5.2 µm, are suitable for radiation thermometers, flame monitors, gas analyzers, and film thickness gauges. |
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Optical Communication Devices |
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DWDM monitors |
We offer InGaAs linear image sensors designed specifically as channel monitors for dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM). |
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High-speed devices |
These devices are suitable for fast data rates up to 10 Gbps. They are available in a variety of packages including fiber pigtails, ROSA/TOSA, and receptable connectors such as SC, FC, LC, and MU. |
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LD monitors |
We offer InGaAs PIN photodiodes for monitoring the power in a wavelength locker or for power stabilization of a laser diode. |
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Low-speed, short-haul devices |
These devices include transmitter/receiver photo ICs for optical links, red and infrared LEDs, and silicon photodiodes. |
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Spatial light transmission devices |
We offer components for communication systems that transmit through the air instead of through fibers. These components include silicon PIN photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes (APD), infrared LEDs, and light emitting/receiving modules. |
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Photo IC Devices |
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Photo IC |
We offer a variety of photo ICs for general use, as well as photo ICs for illuminance sensors, optical links, optical switches, and laser beam synchronous detection. |
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Photointerrupter |
These devices are optical encoder modules that consist of a photo IC and a red LED housed in a single package. |
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Phototransistors |
These devices amplify the current generated by the input light. They allow a larger current to be drawn even from a small active area when compared to photodiodes. |
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Other Detectors |
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Color sensors |
Various sensors and modules for LCD color monitoring and simple color detection are available. |
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Gated image intensifier units |
These devices are suitable for capturing high-speed phenomena occurring in extremely short time durations, such as engine combustion, plasma emission, turbine blade motion, and others. A gated image intensifier unit consists of a compact image intensifier head and its remote controller. |
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Image intensifiers |
These devices are capable of detecting and amplifying low-level images. They are suitable for high-speed emission analysis (ex. engine combustion, plasma emission, etc.), observation of objects moving at high speed, and nighttime viewing and surveillance. |
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Microchannel plates (MCP)
for ion/electron detection |
We offer MCP assemblies with high detection efficiency for ions and electrons. They are ideal for mass spectroscopy and electron microscopes. |
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Position sensitive detectors |
These fast, highly reliable devices offer excellent position resolution and have a wide spectral response. They are suitable for position and angle sensing, distortion and vibration measurements, optical rangefinders, optical switches, and precise position measurements such as laser displacement meters. |
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Two-color detectors |
These devices incorporate a silicon photodiode mounted over a compound-semiconductor sensor along the same optical axis. These detectors have a wide spectral response range from UV to NIR. They are used in spectrometers, pyrometers, and flame sensors. |
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UVTron flame sensors |
These devices detect faint UV emissions from flames, and are ideal for use in burner combustion monitors, fire alarms, and arson surveillance equipment. They can also detect corona discharges from high voltage power lines. |
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Image Sensors |
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UV-Visible-NIR Sensitivity |
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CCD image sensors |
These scientific-grade CCDs are suitable for low and ultralow light detection. They feature high quantum efficiency, high signal-to-noise ratio, and wide dynamic range. They are ideal for spectrometers and scientific measurements. |
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CMOS image sensors |
These image sensors are suitable for detecting high light levels. They feature low power consumption, on-chip circuitry, and high-speed operation. They are ideal for applications where low power consumption are essential. |
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NMOS image sensors |
These image sensors are suitable for detecting moderate to high light levels. They feature large active areas, high UV sensitivity, and wide dynamic range. They are ideal for spectroscopy and other precision photometry applications. |
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Photodiode arrays with amplifier |
These products are suitable for detecting X-rays. These feature two chips, a photodiode array for light detection and a CMOS chip for signal processing and readout. A long, narrow image sensor can be configured by arranging multiple arrays in a row. |
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TDI-CCD image sensors |
These image sensors have time delay integration (TDI) mode, which allows high-speed, continuous image acquisition. They have very high sensitivity from UV to NIR. They are ideal for sequential imaging of high-speed moving samples. |
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IR Sensitivity |
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InGaAs image sensors |
These NIR-sensitive image sensors are suitable for NIR spectroscopy, sorting, and DWDM monitoring. They feature a built-in CMOS IC readout circuit that allows easy signal processing. |
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Miniature Spectrometers
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Mini-spectrometers |
We offer a wide lineup of miniature spectrometers for high-precision and high-throughput measurements. These spectrometers are easy to use and have USB connectivity. They can be used for many applications including color measurement, process control, semiconductor inspection, film thickness measurement, water content measurement, fluorescence measurement, evaluation of light source characteristics, and other applications. |
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Multichannel analyzers
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These compact spectral measurement devices combine a spectrometer and optical detector into one unit. They can deliver up to 50 full spectra per second, and are easily operated with any PC. |
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Cameras |
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Cameras for industrial imaging |
We offer several cameras for industrial imaging. These include B&W cameras, video cameras, and high-speed cameras. |
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Cameras for life sciences |
We offer a wide selection of cameras for UV to NIR imaging. These include high-speed cameras, CCD cameras, dual-CCD cameras for dual-wavelength imaging, 3-CCD cameras for color imaging, ultrasensitive EMCCD cameras, and video cameras. |
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Cameras for machine vision |
These cameras have spectral response ranging from 300 nm to 980 nm. They meet requirements for X-ray, EUV, UV, IR, low light, high speed, and high dynamic range applications. |
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Cameras for physical sciences |
We offer a wide selection of cameras for UV to NIR imaging. These include high-speed cameras, CCD cameras, ultrasensitive EMCCD cameras, and video cameras. |
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Gated ICCD cameras |
These cameras are comprised of an image intensifier unit coupled to a CCD camera. They capture images of high-speed, low-light phenomena such as engine combustion, plasma emission, and others. |
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Intensified cameras / ICCD |
These devices feature an image intensifier coupled to a CCD image sensor. With their high-speed electronic shutters, they can image and measure various high-speed phenomena such as engine combustion, plasma emission, turbine blade motion, and others. |
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OEM cameras |
Designed for integration into imaging systems, these board-level cameras have an image sensor, circuits, and lens mount on one board. They have low power requirements and are easy to integrate. |
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TDI cameras |
These time delay integration (TDI) cameras improve speed and signal-to-noise ratio. Proper implementation of TDI yields a significant increase in throughput over traditional stop-and-start stage and camera acquisition schemes. These cameras are useful for high-speed scanning applications. |
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Instruments |
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Biotechnology, Life Science, Medical, and Pharmaceutical Applications |
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Densitometer |
This device makes rapid, high-sensitivity, and quantitative measurements of color intensities for immunochromatography reagent kits. |
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Digital slide scanners
for virtual microscopy |
The NanoZoomer is a high-speed, high-resolution digital slide scanner with network features. It scans glass slides and converts them into digital images, facilitating easy sharing or consultation over a local area network or the internet. |
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Fluorescence correlation
spectroscopy (FCS) system |
This system features a high-sensitivity detector, a simple confocal structure that minimizes optical loss and allows easy alignment of the optical axis, a high-speed counting board, and dedicated software for autocorrelation calculations and data storage. |
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Plate readers for drug discovery |
Our FDSS systems are reliable add-and-read plate readers with built-in liquid handling for fast kinetic cell-based assays. They can detect fluorescence or luminescence. |
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Tissue oxygenation monitors |
For research use only, these devices monitor blood oxygenation levels by using NIR absorption spectroscopy. They are mainly used for monitoring cerebral oxygenation but also can be used for muscle oxygenation. |
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Characterization Applications |
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Fluorescence lifetime measurement systems |
We offer systems for measuring fluorescence lifetimes of photofunctional materials and for performing rapid, high-resolution fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM). |
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Laser and fiber optic measurement systems |
We offer a wide range of systems for characterizing lasers, laser diodes, LEDs, and fiber optics. Possible analyses include spectrum, spatial beam profile, time and bandwidth, and differential mode delay. |
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LED characterization systems |
These systems measure emission quantum yield, CIE averaged LED intensities, LED light distribution, and LED total luminous flux and efficiency. |
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Quantum yield measurement systems |
These systems measure the quantum yield properties of photoluminescent materials such as fluorescent probes, organic metal complexes, LED phosphors, OLED materials, quantum dots, and others. |
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Solar device evaluation systems |
We offer products for analyzing, characterizing, and inspecting solar cells and panels. They include products for electro- and photoluminescence analysis, silicon ingot inspection, thermal analysis, microscopic analysis, spectroscopic analysis, and process analysis. |
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Semiconductor Industry Applications |
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Failure analysis microscope systems |
Our tools are suited for a wide variety of architecture from the die or wafer level, to package or applications board level, up to probe card level and direct docking with tester environment. Our tools are used to observe parametric defects in static conditions and/or functional failures in dynamic conditions. |
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Plasma monitor systems |
These devices use optical emission spectroscopy for real-time monitoring of plasma processes in the semiconductor industry. |
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Thickness measurement systems |
Our Optical MicroGauge and Optical NanoGauge systems measure the substrate thickness of wafers or thin-films in real-time with high precision. |
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Ultrafast Detection and Imaging Applications |
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Streak systems |
A streak system (streak camera) is an ultrafast detector that captures light emission phenomena occurring in extremely short time periods. They are capable of time resolutions down to the femtosecond range. |
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X-ray Products |
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X-ray Sources |
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Microfocus X-ray sources (MFX) |
Our X-ray sources (sealed and open types) generate sharp images even at high magnification. The built-in high voltage power supply eliminates problems and maintenance issues associated with connecting a separate high voltage power supply to the X-ray source. |
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X-ray tubes |
These compact and easy-to-use soft X-ray tubes have high power and high stability. |
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X-ray Detectors and Image Sensors |
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CdTe radiation line sensor |
This device allows simultaneous energy differentiation of input radiation photons by setting 5 different energy thresholds. |
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Digital sensors for dental imaging |
We offer a wide selection of high-resolution image sensor components for intra-oral and panoramic imaging, as well as complete intra-oral sensors with housing and cable. |
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Flat panel sensors
for nondestructive testing |
These sensors for nondestructive testing generate high-quality images with high resolution and no image lag. They feature wide dynamic range and high speed. |
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Flat panel sensors for radiology |
These sensors for rotational radiology (ex. computed tomography and panoramic imaging), diffraction, and biochemistry feature high sensitivity, wide dynamic range, and high speed. |
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Photodiode arrays with amplifier |
Silicon photodiode arrays coupled to a scintillator are available for X-ray detection. A long, narrow image sensor can be configured by arranging multiple arrays in a row. |
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Scintillator plates |
These scintillator plates can be coupled to an image sensor or camera for digital X-ray imaging. They are available in various sizes, and can be used for mammography, chest, and dental X-rays. |
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Silicon photodiodes for X-ray detection |
These detectors are ideal for industrial inspection and security applications. They are comprised of a silicon photodiode coupled to a scintillator (ceramic, CsI, or phosphor sheet). |
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X-ray image intensifiers |
These devices have high detection quantum efficiency (DQE) and provide high-quality images. They are used in medical X-ray TV systems and nondestructive X-ray inspection systems. |
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X-ray Cameras |
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X-CUBE compact X-ray CCD cameras |
These compact, high-sensitivity cameras are designed for nondestructive testing. They feature CCD image sensors coupled to scintillators. |
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X-ray cameras |
These high-resolution CCD cameras are suitable for nondestructive testing and other X-ray imaging applications. Some cameras feature direct X-ray imaging without scintillators. Others feature CCD image sensors coupled to scintillators. |
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X-ray image intensifier cameras |
These image intensifier cameras are suitable for nondestructive testing, industrial X-ray CT scanners, and other X-ray applications. They are high-resolution cameras with image intensifiers coupled to CCD image sensors. |
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X-ray line scan cameras |
These cameras feature a slim design for installation under conveyors in a production line. They are capable of high throughput and require lower radiation dosages. |
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X-ray TDI line scan cameras |
These time delay integration (TDI) cameras are for applications that require higher sensitivity and higher resolution than regular (non-TDI) line scan cameras can deliver. They feature a slim design for installation under conveyors in a production line. |
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Other Products |
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Electrostatic remover |
Our PhotoIonizer removes static electricity during the manufacturing process of liquid crystals, semiconductors, powders, plastics, films, and other materials. Compared to the conventional corona discharge method, the PhotoIonizer is faster and does not generate dust, electromagnetic noise, or ozone. |
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Flow cells |
These quartz flow cells for flow cytometry have high accuracy. We can manufacture flow cells in a variety of shapes to suit your needs. |
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Spatial light modulators |
These LCOS-SLM devices are a reflective type of pure phase spatial light modulator (SLM), based on liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) technology in which liquid crystal is controlled by direct voltage and can modulate a light beam's wavefront. |
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UV power meters |
We offer UV power meters that directly measure UV light at specific wavelengths. These power meters are highly stable and precise. They are ideal for monitoring and controlling the amount of UV light in UV cleaning, UV sterilization, and UV exposure equipment. |
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