WL-IPD4A

Digital Integrating Photodiode with USB

  Datasheet
WL-IPD4A Digital Integrating Photodiode with USB

The IPD4A is a highly-integrated, true gated charge integrator to be attached directly to up to four photodiodes. After a trigger pulse, up to four inputs are integrated simultaneously for an adjustable amount of time (boxcar integrator). The measurement is digitized with integrated 20 bit analog-to-digital converters and transferred over the USB link to a computer.

The IPD4A is compatible with a wide range of photodiodes including both silicon (Si)-based and InGaAs-based ones with various sensitive areas. While we supply the IPD4A with certain high quality detectors from Hamamatsu, you can also have the full choice over wavelength and sensitive area by specifiying or directly providing the photodiodes to be integrated into the IPD4A.

The IPD4A comes in a rugged aluminum case and is fully USB-powered.

Main Applications

  • Laser pulse monitoring and signal
    measurement in 1 kHz systems
  • Shot-to-shot pulse noise measurements
  • Digital two or four segment photodiodes
For new applications, consider using the IPD4B. It is the successor of the IPD4A with an expanded feature set.

Downloads

Datasheet
Date: 2021/11/2
Size: 474 KB
LabView Demo
Date: 2021/2/22
Size: 109 KB

Features

Simultaneous IntegrationUp to four inputs at up to 1.15 kHz repetition rate
Measurement TypeEach measurement includes signal and background acquisition
Adjustable Gate Time8μs to 64μs with internal timer
Accuracy and StabilityHigh accuracy, low drift
Full-Scale RangeTunable from 12pC to 350pC
Interface OptionsEasy-to-use USB interface
ADC Resolution20-bit ADC for very high measurement resolution
Extremely Low NoiseFor 350pC full scale range <10ppm noise and <20ppm noise down to 50pC full-scale range (typ.)
This corresponds to a dynamic range in excess of 1:105
External TriggerRising or falling edge
Form Factor60 x 83 x 21 mm (60 x 83 x 20 mm also available)
Software SupportEasy-to-use LabView drivers

Typical configurations

IPD4A Time Integrating Detector typical configuration
Various typical configurations of the single channel version of IPD4A.
IPD4A Time Integrating Detector alternate configuration
Alternate configuation with pluggable PCB on the bottom to mount photodiodes.

Publications

WL-IPD4A, 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:

Time-Resolved Probing and Modeling of Optical Signatures of Ultrashort-Pulse Laser Spallation and Phase Explosion in Iron-Nickel Targets
Chaobo Chen, Maximilian Spellauge, David Redka, Ramon Auer, Carlos Doñate-Buendia, Stephan Barcikowski, Bilal Gökce, Heinz P. Huber, and Leonid V. Zhigilei
Physical Review B, Vol. 111, Issue 17, 174301 (2025)
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Indium tin oxide ultrafast laser lift-off ablation mechanisms and damage minimization
Goran Erik Hallum, Dorian Kürschner, Constanze Eulenkamp, Ramon Auer, Bastian Hartmann, Wolfgang Schulz, and Heinz Paul Huber
Optics Express, Vol. 31, Issue 26, pp. 43017-43034 (2023)
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Ultrashort single-pulse laser ablation of stainless steel, aluminium, copper and its dependence on the pulse duration: supplement
Jan Winter, Maximilian Spellauge, Jens Hermann, Constanze Eulenkamp, Heinz P. Huber and Michael Schmidt
The Optical Society, Vol. 42, Issue 10, 421097 (2021)
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Thioxanthone in apolar solvents: ultrafast internal conversion precedes fast intersystem crossing
Ramona Mundt, Torben Villnow, Christian Torres Ziegenbein, Peter Gilch, Christel Marian, and Vidisha Rai-Constapel
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 18, Issue 38, 6637-6647 (2016)
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Application Notes

Femtosecond fluorescence spectroscopy based on the optical Kerr effect
R. Mundt, G. Ryseck, P. Gilch, Femtosecond spectroscopy group, Chemistry, University of Düsseldorf, Germany (May 2014)