BFI to distribute multichannel DA technology

Amplification Technologies has developed an approach for the detection of low-level signals - multichannel discrete amplification (DA) - that allows the simultaneous attainment of very high gain, high speed and ultra-low excess noise in a silicon or InGaAs device.

DA involves three basic functions: distributing individual signal electrons into a separate independent amplification channel; amplifying each individual signal electron in a separate channel to a readable charge packet; and reading the amplified charge packets.

The benefits of the technology include single photon-level sensitivity, a wide spectral range, a relatively flat spectral sensitivity curve, excellent voltage and thermal stability, high photon detection efficiency, a wide dynamic range, a fast response, high reliability and a low production cost.

It can provide a new performance level to applications such as PET scanners, medical imaging, fluorescence detection, high-energy physics, spectroscopy, biological sensors, Ladar and Lidar, homeland security, confocal microscopy and night vision.