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Photon counting camera LINCam now available from PicoQuant
The LINCam from Photonscore which operates in the time domain is now part of PicoQuant’s detector line-up with single photon sensitivity:
PicoQuant proudly announces the inclusion of the LINCam, a photon counting camera manufactured by Photonscore, to its line up of single photon sensitive detectors. The LINCam is a single photon counting device working…
QuCoa - new PicoQuant's software for the analysis of quantum correlations
Simplify data acquisition and analysis for quantum correlation and coincidence counting applications:
PicoQuant has released the QuCoa software package, an integrated solution for data acquisition and analysis using the unique T2 time-tagging mode of PicoQuant's TCSPC electronics. QuCoa is aimed at research areas…
Water makes the proton shake
MBI Scientists describe ultrafast motions and fleeting geometries in proton hydration:
Basic processes in chemistry and biology involve protons in a water environment. Water structures accommodating protons and their motions have so far remained elusive. Applying ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy,…
From Dahlem to Adlershof
Two new companies in Adlershof, Alacris Theranostics GmbH and Clinical Laserthermia Systems GmbH, are committed to fighting cancer:
He will miss the view of Dahlem’s Botanical Garden, says Bodo Lange. Apart from that, the manager of the company Alacris Theranostics sees moving from Dahlem to Adlershof as very positive. WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH’s…
PicoQuant expands its hybrid photomultiplier detector line-up
Two new models from the PMA Hybrid Series cover broad spectral ranges with excellent detection efficiency:
PicoQuant has released two new single photon sensitive hybrid photo detector models with excellent temporal resolution for its PMA Hybrid Series: The PMA Hybrid 42 covers the entire visible range from 300 to 850 nm…
7.4 million euros from the EFRE fund
HZB is setting up a new application laboratory for developing superconducting accelerator components:
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin is receiving 7.4 million euros from the European Regional Development Fund (EFRE). The money is being used to set up the application laboratory “SupraLab@HZB” for the advancement of…
Understanding the stability, behaviour and surface properties of nanoparticles and quantum dots using Hansen Solubility Parameters
LUM’s CEO Dietmar Lerche combines STEP-Technology® with multi-sample analytical photocentrifugation:
Devices based on quantum dots and smart nanoparticles are currently getting a lot of attention. For instance, the colours, contrast and brightness of displays based on quantum dots provide benefits for users of TVs…
A beacon for advanced materials
A recent setup, the INAM network intends to introduce brilliant ideas to the field:
No basic research, no advanced materials. Yet all too often, pioneering knowledge fails to leave the laboratory because scientists shun the step to the product. It is important that all players join forces in the…
Fluctuating liquid structure induces ultrabroad infrared absorption
MBI scienstists investigate hydrated protons on ultrafast time scales:
The elusive infrared absorption continuum of protons in aqueous environment has been topic of intense controversial debate since half a century. A team of scientists from the Max Born Institute and the Ben Gurion…
In a New Light
Catwalk, Academy and Girls Congress:
Well befitting the International Year of Light, the solar eclipse on 20 March 2015 was a reminder that without sunlight there would be no life on our planet. After millennia of passive solar harvesting, modern science…
Adlershof solar power plant: From testing ground for solar installations to respectable power supply
The new solar cells on the roof of Studio H were the crowning achievement: now numbering twenty one, the photovoltaic installations in Adlershof together generate far in excess of 1 MW of electric power under the…
Center for Photonics and Optics
Location: Carl-Scheele Str. 16, 12489 BerlinUse: Offices, LabsArchitects: Matthias Sauerbruch, Louisa Hutton, Coordination: Fraunhofer Management mit Bauplanung Stoessel, Buildt: June 1996 - Mach 1998Investment: 51…