Micro Photon Devices Srl (MPD) is a dynamic production and engineering company based in Bolzano. MPD was founded with the goal of leading the forefront research activities in single photon counting and picosecond timing of single photons. MPD currently produces and commercialises advanced single-photon counting modules with unmatched photon-timing capabilities and overall performance. Silicon SPADs make it possible to conjugate high detector performance with miniaturisation, low power and development of integrated systems. SPADs in compound semiconductors extend photon counting applications to the near infrared spectral range up to the optical fibre wavelengths.
Micro Photon Devices standard products are single-photon counting and timing modules, although recently MPD has also started to develop and manufacture electronic instrumentation, typically compendium to the usage of our photon detector modules.
MPD’s SPADs perform well in a variety of cutting-edge applications including:
- Particle Sizing
- Confocal Microscopy
- Ultra-Sensitive Fluorescence
- Luminescence
- Time-correlated single photon counting
- Single Molecule Detection
- Astronomic Observations & Adaptive Optics
- Optical Range Finding, LIDAR & LADAR
- Quantum Cryptography & Quantum Optics
- Single-photon source characterization
- Optical testing of integrated circuits
