PRODUCT

ACQUBIT

SAAZ DESIGNS AND OFFERS SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DETECTORS (SPAD) IN THE SWIR WAVELENGTHS. THE DEVICES ARE BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED AND PACKAGED IN TE COOLED TO-CAN PACKAGES.

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Single Photon Detectors
OVERVIEW

Acqubit is a 3-stage TE-cooled InGaAs SPAD detector packaged in a T08 package with integrated heatsink.

The InGaAs detector is a backside illuminated device.

Single Photon Detectors
FEATURES
  • 01Single Photon Sensitivity
  • 02Back-illuminated mesa design device
  • 03Packaged in a TO08 6 pin header on a TO-66 flange
  • 043-stage TE-cooled package
  • 051550 nm AR coated window cap
APPLICATIONS
  • 01Quantum Cryptography
  • 02Methane Detection
  • 03Range Detection
  • 04Laser Communication
VERSATILITY
  • 01Test Board option
  • 02Compact Module Option
SPECIFICATIONS

Engineered for single photons.

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ACTIVE DIAMETER20 μm
PARAMETER CONDITIONS MIN TYP. MAX UNITS
Linear Mode Parameters (295K, all voltages and currents are reverse biased)
Breakdown voltage, Vb 295K, Id = 1 μA 60 75 85 V
Temperature dependence of Vb Between 295K and 240K, linear approximation 0.13 V/K
Capacitance, C Vb – 3, 1 MHz 40 100 fF
Total Dark Current, Id 295K, Vb – 3 20 nA
Quantum Efficiency, QE 1064nm, M=1 (Linear Mode) 85 %
Geiger Mode Parameters (All voltages and currents are reverse biased)
Dark Count Rate, DCR at 240K at 4V OB 15 50 kHz
Photon Detection Efficiency, PDE at 240K at 4V OB 25 %
PIN ASSIGNMENT
PIN ASSIGNMENT
1 TEC(−)
2 TEC(+)
3 APD (Anode)
4 Thermistor (2.2kΩ)
5 Thermistor (2.2kΩ)
6 APD (Cathode)
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