- Fast PMT for Single Photon Counting Applications
- Fast TCSPC Instrument Response: Typ. 130 ps FWHM
- Internal Cooler: Low Dark Count Rate
- Internal GHz Preamplifier: High Output Amplitude
- Fast Overload Protection
- Higher Gain Compared to its Predecessor PMC-100
- Excellent Noise Immunity
- Standard C-Mount Thread Connection
- Integrated High-Voltage Generator
- Operated via DCC-100 or DCU-400/DCU-800 Laser / Detector Controller
- Direct Interfacing to All bh TCSPC Systems
Specifications
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PMC-150 |
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Cathode Type |
-4 |
-110 |
-113 |
-210 |
-20 |
Wavelength Range / nm 1) |
185 - 870 |
230 - 700 |
185 - 700 |
230 - 700 |
300 - 900 |
Detector Quantum Efficiency 1) |
25 % @ 380 nm |
35 % @ 350 nm |
43 % @ 350 nm |
18 % @ 490 nm |
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Dark Count Rate (typ. Value)/ s-1, Tcase = 22 °C |
20 |
5 |
5 |
10 |
200 |
Transit Time Spread (TCSPC IRF / FWHM, typ. Value) |
130 ps |
140 ps |
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Count Rate |
> 5 MHz (continuous), > 100 MHz (Peak, < 1 µs) |
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Single Electron Response Width (FWHM, typ. Value) |
1.5 ns |
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Single Electron Response Amplitude (Vgain = 0.9 V to 1 V) |
100 to 200 mV |
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Overload Indicator |
LED & Acoustic Signal |
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Overload Signal |
TTL / CMOS, active low |
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Signal Output |
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Output Polarity |
negative |
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Output Connector |
SMA |
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Output Impedance |
50 Ω |
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Power Supply |
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(from DCC-100 Card) |
+12 V, -12 V (fan only), Cooler current 0.5 to 1 A |
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General |
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Cathode Diameter |
8 mm |
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Dimensions (Width x Height x Depth) |
(76 x 111 x 56) mm |
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Optical Adapter |
C-Mount female |
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Fibre Coupling |
SMA 905 or FC on request |
(1) According to Hamamatsu specifications
Downloads
Documents
Datasheets
Application Notes
- Setting up High Gain Detector Electronics for TCSPC
- Detectors for High-Speed Photon Counting
- Two-Photon Fluorescence Excitation by Picosecond Diode Lasers
- Recording the Kautsky Effect by Fluorescence Lifetime Detection
- Timing Stability of TCSPC Experiments
- bh FLIM Systems for Nikon C1 Scanners
- Non-Descanned FLIM Systems for Olympus FV-1000 and FV-300 Multiphoton Microscopes
- Recording Z Scans with the DCS-120 Confocal Scanning FLIM System
- Microsecond Decay FLIM: Combined Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Lifetime Imaging
- TCSPC Fibre-Probe System with an Exchangeable Tip
- The PZ-FLIM-110 Piezo-Scanning FLIM System
- TCSPC System Records FLIM of a Rotating Object
- How (and why not) to Amplify PMT Signals