The BPD1GA is an AC-coupled high-speed dual-balanced InGaAs photoreceiver. Due to its high transimpedance gain, its very low noise, and its bandwidthof 1 GHz, it is ideally suited for future ultra-high speed swept-source OCT systems with depth scan line rates up to above 1 MHz.
The BPD1GA comes in a rugged aluminum case with two FC Fiber Receptables and a50 Ω coupled SMA output. It operates from a single 11-15 V DC supply.
OEM versions without a case are available upon request.
| Bandwidth | 300 kHz to 1 GHz (AC Cutoff 30 kHz to 5 MHz On Request) |
| High Transimpedance Gain | 3500 V/W (1550 nm) |
| Low Noise | Typically -130 dBm/Hz Noise Level NEP 20 pW/sqrt(Hz) (at 1550 nm) |
| Wavelength Range | 1000 nm to 1700 nm |
| Power Supply | 11-16 V Single Supply |
| Input | FC Fiber Receptables |
| Output | 50 Ω Coupled SMA Plug |
| Damage Threshold | 10 mW |
WL-BPD1GA, like many of our products, is regularly used to conduct scientific research all around the world. It has been mentioned in several renowned scientific publications:
Broadband quadrature-squeezed vacuum and nonclassical photon number correlations from a nanophotonic device
V. D. Vaidya, B. Morrison, L. G. Helt, R. Shahrokshahi, D. H. Mahler, M. J. Collins, K. Tan, J. Lavoie, A. Repingon, M. Menotti, N. Quesada, R. C. Pooser, A. E. Lita, T. Gerrits, S. W. Nam, and Z. Vernon
Science Advances, Vol 6, Issue 39 (2020)
Extended coherence length megahertz FDML and its application for anterior segment imaging
Wolfgang Wieser, Thomas Klein, Desmond C. Adler, Francois Trépanier, Christoph M. Eigenwillig, Sebastian Karpf, Joseph M. Schmitt, and Robert Huber
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3, Issue 10, pp. 2647-2657 (2012)
Simultaneous swept source optical coherence tomography of the anterior segment and retina using coherence revival
Al-Hafeez Dhalla, Derek Nankivil, Theresa Bustamante, Anthony Kuo, and Joseph A. Izatt
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 11, pp. 1883-1885 (2012)
Visualization of hair follicles using high-speed optical coherence tomography based on a Fourier domain mode locking laser
M. -T. Tsai and F. -Y. Chang
Laser Physics, Volume 22, Number 4, Pages 791-796 (2012)
Complex conjugate resolved heterodyne swept source optical coherence tomography using coherence revival
Al-Hafeez Dhalla, Derek Nankivil, and Joseph A. Izatt
Biomedical Optics Express, Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp. 633-649 (2012)
Multi-MHz FDML OCT: snapshot retinal imaging at 6.7 million axial-scans per second
Thomas Klein, Wolfgang Wieser, Raphael André, Tom Pfeiffer, Christoph M. Eigenwillig, and Robert Huber
Proc. SPIE 8213, 82131E (2012)
High-Quality 3-D Imaging with Multimegahertz OCT
Wolfgang Wieser, Benjamin R. Biedermann, Thomas Klein, Christoph M. Eigenwillig, and Robert Huber
Optics and Photonics News
Multi-Megahertz OCT: High quality 3D imaging at 20 million A-scans and 4.5 GVoxels per second
Wolfgang Wieser, Benjamin R. Biedermann, Thomas Klein, Christoph M. Eigenwillig, and Robert Huber
Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 14, pp. 14685-14704 (2010)
