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Hamamatsu Photonics introduces the world’s first photon-number-resolving scientific camera with incredibly low noise and 9.4 megapixels
Hamamatsu Photonics has designed and produced a scientific camera called the ORCA®-Quest qCMOSTM camera (part number C15550-20UP), having incredibly low noise of 0.27 electrons rms and a high pixel number of 9.4 megapixels. What makes this possible is a new two-dimensional CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) image sensor, designed by applying our unique design technology and fabricated using the latest manufacturing technologies. In quantitative imaging, the photoelectric noise generated when light is converted into electrical signals is the all-important factor that determines the lower detection limit of the camera. The ORCA-Quest reduces this photoelectric noise to a level below the signals generated by photons (particles of light), which are the minimum…
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Hamamatsu Photonics will construct a new factory building at the Toyooka factory site to boost production capacity of its electron tube products
Hamamatsu Photonics will construct a new factory Building, No. 11, at its Toyooka factory site (Shimokanzo, Iwata City, Japan) to handle the increase in sales of Microfocus X-ray sources (MFX) and other electron tube products. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new factory building will be held on Wednesday 19 May 2021, and is scheduled to be completed in January 2023. At Hamamatsu Photonics we manufacture and sell highly advanced electron tube products such as photomultiplier tubes, imaging devices and light sources for a broad range of fields and applications including medicine, industry, analysis, measurement, and academic research. We see sales of these products steadily increasing, particularly with the rapidly expanding…
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Hamamatsu Photonics launches a new Webinar: qCMOS
This webinar with Peter Seitz, Ph.D., will provide an overview of semiconductor image sensors and introduce photon-resolving quantitative CMOS imaging (qCMOS). Wednesday, May 19th at 5:00pm CEST, 11:00AM EDT Register: https://www.hamamatsu.com/eu/en/news/event/2021/20210519190000.html About this webinar: Imaging in general and semiconductor imaging in particular have penetrated every aspect of our lives, especially in the sciences. They have empowered many experiments from relying on subjective recording into objectively documentable, repeatable, and quantifiable methods. The evolution of imaging technology is directly linked to new scientific achievements. Demanding and extremely valuable techniques such as single-molecule-based methods would not be possible without appropriate image sensors. Conceptually, all imaging procedures have to find their optimum trade-off between…
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Hamamatsu Photonics will construct a new factory building at the Joko factory site to boost production capacity of image measurement devices and equipment business
Hamamatsu Photonics will construct a new factory, Building No. 5 at the Joko factory site (Joko-cho, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu City, Japan) to handle expanding sales of image measurement devices and equipment such as digital cameras for scientific measurement, digital pathology slide scanners, and semiconductor failure analysis systems. The groundbreaking ceremony for the new factory building is scheduled to be held on April 20, 2021, and the new factory building will be completed in June 2022. At Hamamatsu Photonics we develop, manufacture and sell a broad spectrum of image measurement devices and equipment that have high speed, high sensitivity, and high resolution, making them ideal for a range of applications including medical,…
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Hamamatsu Photonics has developed laser thermal processing equipment capable of operating with a high degree of freedom
At Hamamatsu Photonics we have developed laser thermal processing equipment for laser quenching that combines a direct diode laser, (DDL) that we newly designed and developed based on our unique laser diode (LD) technology, with a 6-axis robotic arm capable of operating with a high degree of freedom. This equipment irradiates a laser beam with an output power of 2.5 kilowatts (kW) ideal for surface quenching onto steel materials of various shapes and sizes. It also offers a low running cost which will lead to wider use of laser quenching. The heating temperature can be precisely adjusted by setting the laser irradiation time per shot to any desired time from…
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Hamamatsu Photonics has developed a high power QCL module
Hamamatsu Photonics have developed a high power QCL module that delivers an average output power of 2 watts at a wavelength of 8.6 micrometers (1 micrometer or μm is one-millionth of a meter). This high power QCL module was created by applying our unique beam combining technology, with quantum cascade lasers (QCL)*1 , developed based on new heat dissipation technology. This QCL module combines mid-infrared light beams emitted from two QCLs to boost the output power to a level ideal for micromachining of fluoropolymer resins, such as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) that are used for high frequency device substrates, and a vast range of vehicles and transportation machinery. Other potential applications for…
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Hamamatsu Photonics has developed a high-sensitivity, high-resolution semiconductor failure analysis system that utilizes visible to near-infrared light, all in just a single unit
Hamamatsu Photonics has developed a new semiconductor failure analysis system called the “PHEMOS-X C15765-01” that in just a single unit utilizes visible to near-infrared light to analyze semiconductor defects. What makes this possible is a newly mounted multi-wavelength laser scanner that applies our unique in-house optical design technology. Efficiently utilizing multi-wavelength light allows high sensitivity and high resolution essential for localizing semiconductor failures and so will improve failure analysis efficiency in diverse semiconductor devices that will be in high demand, such as state-of-the-art semiconductor devices whose circuit line width keeps on shrinking as well as power semiconductors that control electrical power more efficiently than ordinary semiconductor devices. Sales of the…
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Covid-19: Die realen Anwendungen der Photonik-Ausrüstung
Techniken wie PCR (Polymerase-Kettenreaktion) und medizinische Bildgebung sind im Kampf gegen das Coronavirus von entscheidender Bedeutung und auf die kontinuierliche Lieferung von Komponenten angewiesen. Das neuartige Coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) breitet sich weiterhin auf der ganzen Welt aus und wirkt auf alles ein, vom täglichen Leben bis zur globalen Wirtschaft. In diesen herausfordernden Zeiten spielt der Gesundheitssektor eine besonders wichtige Rolle. Neben Schutzkleidung, Atemschutzmasken und Beatmungsgeräten ist die Fähigkeit, schnell und genau zu testen, von entscheidender Bedeutung. Schnelle Tests benötigen jedoch die Verfügbarkeit verschiedener Laboranalysegeräte. Die Deckung der Nachfrage nach Analysegeräten erfordert, dass die Hersteller die Produktion fortsetzen, um die kontinuierliche Versorgung mit kritischen Komponenten weltweit sicherzustellen. Hamamatsu Photonics ist Teil der…
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Hamamatsu Photonics has expanded its lineup of ionization-assisting substrates now selectable from a total of 9 types according to samples
Hamamatsu Photonics have added 4 new products to our "DIUTHAME (Desorption Ionization Using Through Hole Alumina MEmbrane)" series ionization-assisting substrates, that drastically cut the pretreatment time needed to ionize samples by laser in mass spectrometry. These new products include a miniature type, ideal for mass spectrometry imaging of small samples and a glass-slide size type for mass spectrum measurement that can be directly set into spectrometer holders. Our expanded lineup for the DIUTHAME series now includes a total of 9 types, allowing users to select the DIUTHAME that best matches the size of samples to measure with a MALDI-TOF MS that works by a combination of MALDI(*1) and TOF MS(*2)…
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To further accelerate R&D work for novel coronavirus (COVID-19) test reagents, Hamamatsu Photonics has developed a new fluorescence immunochromato reader with both high sensitivity and high reproducibility
Here at Hamamatsu Photonics we have developed a new “Immunochromato Reader C10066-60” that gives precise readouts of fluorescence in immunochromatographic reagents. Its measurement sensitivity has been boosted more than 10 times higher than currently available products by applying our own advanced signal processing technology and optical design technology. This new immunochromato reader (lateral flow reader) does high-sensitivity detection of reagent reactions occurring with antigens such as viruses and hormones or antibodies reacting with viruses, etc. It is a promising tool for streamlining R&D work on immunochromatographic reagents including those for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). We start accepting product orders from domestic and overseas reagent manufacturers on October 1st (Thu), 2020. We…
