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Photek Company Presentation Jon Howorth

Photek Company Presentation Jon Howorth

Company Profile • Located in St Leonards-on-Sea – South East England • Established September

Company Profile • Located in St Leonards-on-Sea – South East England • Established September 1991 • Purchased assets of electro optics division of ITL • 48 employees – 11 sales/administrative – 7 R&D – 30 production/test • Specialise in electro-optic detector design and manufacture

Sales Revenue Growth Sales Revenue History Annual Sales (£M) 6 5 5 4 3.

Sales Revenue Growth Sales Revenue History Annual Sales (£M) 6 5 5 4 3. 1 3 2 1. 5 1. 8 2. 1 2. 3 2. 2 1 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Financial Year 2009 2010

Image intensifiers

Image intensifiers

Photomultiplier detectors • Ultra fast response time • Transit time spread 20 – 100

Photomultiplier detectors • Ultra fast response time • Transit time spread 20 – 100 ps (model dependant) • Gated photon counting detectors have been used to accurately measure the distance to the moon to an accuracy of +/- 3 mm

Image photon detectors • 25 and 40 mm versions • Single photon counting •

Image photon detectors • 25 and 40 mm versions • Single photon counting • Resistive anode • X, Y, time output • Applications – Chemical luminescence – Bio luminescence – Thermo luminescence – Missile detection

GUVI detector • 25 mm UV photon counting • Mg. F 2 input window

GUVI detector • 25 mm UV photon counting • Mg. F 2 input window • Csl photocathode • Wedge and strip anode • 106 cps • 3 x 106 gain

Hi. Content & IRPICS Technology Transfer Electronics & Ceramics Technology MCP Detector R&D Life

Hi. Content & IRPICS Technology Transfer Electronics & Ceramics Technology MCP Detector R&D Life Science Applications

Related Developments • Hi. Content & IRPICS detector – Multi-channel photon detectors – Use

Related Developments • Hi. Content & IRPICS detector – Multi-channel photon detectors – Use same readout electronics as KTP project • Stand alone HPTDC module – Hardware/software developed for Hi. Content & KTP projects will be developed into a standalone module

KTP Project Objective To develop a commercial imaging photon detector for life science applications,

KTP Project Objective To develop a commercial imaging photon detector for life science applications, capable of – Better than 50 picosecond resolution timing resolution (1 picosecond is a trillionth of second) – High rate readout (>10 MHz) – Coarse spatial resolution (e. g. 100× 100 pixels) – Integrated electronics & data analysis options Called the Charge Division Imaging Readout detector (CDIR)

Electronics • Project uses two Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) developed at CERN for

Electronics • Project uses two Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) developed at CERN for particle physics applications in the LHC • The NINO ASIC (top) is a fast amplifier/discriminator specifically designed for high rate applications with tight timing requirements • The HPTDC ASIC (bottom) is a Time-to -Digital Convertor (TDC) for high rate applications, giving 25 picosecond resolution

Benefits for Photek • Experience of working with ASICs in the context of photon

Benefits for Photek • Experience of working with ASICs in the context of photon detectors • High time resolution electronics to match Photek’s best in class photon timing detectors • Experience integrating readout electronics with hardware data analysis

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