| 13.01.2012 |
The τ-SPAD can now be delivered with a FC/PC fiber connector. The connector is pre-aligned for optimum performance. |
| 10.01.2012 |
A new SymPhoTime version (V 5.2.3) is now available. It includes fixes to problems found in the previous version. |
| 15.12.2011 |
New technical notes are available for download:
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| 16.11.2011 |
The 9th European Short Course on "Principles and Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy" was held in Berlin, Adlershof from October 31 - November 3, 2011. Altogether more than 40 people from universities and industry from 19 different countries participated. They attended 12 lectures and 5 hands-on experiment sessions with 5 different instruments from 2 companies, covering different methods and procedures in fluorescence spectroscopy. |
| 01.11.2011 |
PicoQuant has appointed Japan Laser Corporation as our new reseller for Japan. |
| 17.10.2011 |
PicoQuant has released the PQRNG 150, a new Quantum Random Number Generator (QRNG) based on the quantum randomness of photon arrival times. The stand alone unit offers turn-key usability, provable and long term statistical quality, and bit rates up to 150 Mbits/s. The design creates a new quality in the sense that it offers substantially higher bit rates than previous solutions available to the public. |
| 05.10.2011 |
Video presentations about features and applications of the LSM Upgrade Kit are now online. One presentation describes basic principles of the underlying technology to measure the fluorescence lifetime (Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting) and gives a brief introduction on the data analysis. Two dedicated presentations show features and application examples of Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM), Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) and Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS). |
| 13.09.2011 |
The 17th International Workshop on "Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Ultrasensitive Analysis in the Life Sciences", organised by PicoQuant GmbH, brought together international top researchers in the field of ultrasensitive optical detection and single molecule spectroscopy and microscopy. More than 115 participants enjoyed 44 highly up-to-date talks, including 6 invited lectures given by renowned scientists. During the poster session with more than 42 scientific posters, participants discussed latest results. Informal gatherings during the reception and a dinner lead to fruitful discussions about new ideas, projects and new networks. |
| 05.09.2011 |
A new technical note is available for download:
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| 23.08.2011 |
A new green (531 ± 3 nm) high power picosecond pulsed diode laser head is now available. The LDH-P-FA-530XL reaches more than 200 mW average output power at 80 MHz repetition rate and offers pulse widths <100 ps. It can work at any repetition rate between 1 MHz and 80 MHz and emits a collimated beam. The laser head can be controlled by the PDL 828 'Sepia II', the PDL 808 'Sepia', the PDL 800-D and the PDL 800-B. |
| 04.08.2011 |
Tunable bandpass filters are now available for the MicroTime 200. The tunable bandpass filters can be inserted in the detection beam path of the MicroTime 200. They offer wavelength tunability over a wide range of wavelengths by manually adjusting the angle of incidence. Different filters cover the wavelength from 440 nm to 700 nm with a fixed spectral bandpass around 17 nm. |
| 07.07.2011 |
The combination between MicroTime 200 and the BioScope Catalyst AFM from Bruker has been realized. Such a combination allows investigation, prediction and control of photophysical processes on the nm-scale, high-resolution imaging or investigation of inter- and intramolecular distances. |
| 23.05.2011 |
PicoQuant congratulates Joshua Kühner, Till Hülsmann and Jonatan Molinski from the PhysikClub Kassel for winning the "price for the best work" at this years "Jugend forscht" contest. The three young scientists have developed a laser based quantum cryptography method using optical fibres. The PhysikClub has been supported by PicoQuant since 2006.
 Official press release (in German) 
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| 16.05.2011 |
The LDH 500 is now available. The new green laser head emits around 500 nm with pulsewidths less than 130 ps and can generate up to 2 mW average power at 40 MHz repetition rate. Continuous-wave mode operation is additionally possible using the dual-mode laser head with output powers reaching 5 mW. |
| 29.04.2011 | PicoQuant has released a new brochure about the Automated Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer
FluoTime 300 "Easy Tau". The brochure gives a detailed description about this unique and powerful instrument capable of Fluorescence Lifetime and Steady-State Spectroscopy. The 26-page publication includes a detailed description of the instrument along with various method- and application examples.
Download the brochure (PDF file, 5MB)
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| 29.04.2011 |
A new green (531 ± 3 nm) high power picosecond pulsed diode laser head is now available. The LDH-P-FA-530L can work at any repetition rate between 1 MHz and 80 MHz and offers pulse widths <100 ps. It emits a collimated beam and reaches more than 20 mW average output power at 40 MHz repetition rate. It can be controlled by the PDL 828 'Sepia II', the PDL 800-D and the PDL 800-B. |
| 12.04.2011 |
PicoQuant has extended its support for young scientists. Since already several years, PicoQuant is supporting young scientists by awarding prices for the best student talk at the annual workshop on "Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Ultrasensitive Analysis in the Life Sciences" as well as the "Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging" conference at the BIOS / Photonics West show. Since April 1, 2011 PicoQuant has extended its efforts and is now also participating in the "Deutschland-Stipendium" of the Humboldt-University in Berlin. Details about this stipend programme can be found on the corresponding website of the Humboldt-University. |
| 23.03.2011 |
The LDH 510 is now available. The new green laser head emits around 510 nm with pulsewidths less than 130 ps and can generate up to 2 mW average power at 40 MHz repetition rate. Continuous-wave mode operation is additionally possible using the dual-mode laser head with output powers reaching 10 mW. |
| 25.02.2011 |
A new technical note is available for download:
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| 18.02.2011 |
The 3rd European Short Course on "Time-Resolved Microscopy and Correlation Spectroscopy" was held in Berlin, Adlershof from February 15 - 17, 2011. This specialized course was held for the third time and again considered to be a great event by all participants. Altogether more than 40 people from universities and industrie from 13 different countries participated. They attended 6 lectures and 6 hands-on experiment sessions with 4 different instruments from 4 companies, covering different methods and procedures in (time-resolved) fluorescence microscopy such as FLIM, FLIM-FRET, FCS (auto- and cross correlation), FLCS, single molecule spectroscopy and data analysis. |
| 28.01.2011 |
A new FluoFit version (V 4.53) is now available and includes an improved initial parameter estimation for global analysis and allows importing of multiple files. |
| 21.01.2011 |
PicoQuant along with the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at UCLA and the Advanced Light Microscopy/Spectroscopy Laboratory at the California NanoSystems Institute have successfully hosted a joint workshop on "Advanced fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy: from cells to single molecules". Nearly 80 researches participated in this event and enjoyed 13 lectures that covered a broad range of current research topics and techniques in this field. |
| 21.01.2011 |
A new SymPhoTime version (V 5.2.4) is now available. It includes several new features such as support of the 8 channel HydraHarp 400, channel separation for online TCSPC and online time trace as well as new scripts for anisotropy and FRET imaging. |
| 21.01.2011 |
A new yellow picosecond pulsed diode laser at 596 nm has been announced on this years BiOS / Photonics West show in San Francisco. This unique laser generates picosecond pulses at variable repetition rate between 10 kHz and 40 MHz with a average output power up to 400 µW. This laser finally fills the gap of available wavelengths between 530 nm and 640 nm and is ideally suited for all time-resolved spectroscopy and microscopy applications. |
| 12.01.2011 |
The range of available wavelengths for the picosecond pulsed laser diode heads has been extended. The new LDH-P-F-1990 can work at any repetition rate between up to 80 MHz and offers pulse widths <120 ps. It emits from a FC/APC fibre connector and reaches 0.3 mW average output power at 80 MHz repetition rate. |
| 23.12.2010 |
PicoQuant GmbH has introduced the new "SymPhoTime forum", which is intended as a platform for users of the SymPhoTime software package. It is not strictly limited to software related questions. As SymPhoTime covers a wide range of applications from single molecule experiments to life sciences, discussions of the scientific background are of course welcome. |
| 13.12.2010 |
PicoQuant GmbH has announced the start of the "Application Gallery" contest, in which the most beautiful application data, taken with PicoQuant equipment, have the chance to win a valuable prize! |
| 26.11.2010 |
PicoQuant GmbH and the Department of Physics - Nanooptics of Humboldt University have started a high bit rate quantum random number generator service delivering truly random numbers over the internet. Using the service is free of charge but requires registration. Read the full press release (PDF file, 27kB) |
| 15.11.2010 |
The 8th European Short Course on "Principles and Applications of Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy" was held in Berlin, Adlershof from November 1 - 4, 2010. Altogether more than 40 people from universities and industry from 18 different countries participated. They attended 12 lectures and 5 hands-on experiment sessions with 7 different instruments from 3 companies, covering different methods and procedures in fluorescence spectroscopy. Read the full press release (PDF file, 23kB) |
| 01.11.2010 |
A new brochure about the LSM upgrade kit for the Nikon A1 Laser Scanning Microscope is now available for download. |
| 21.09.2010 |
The 16th International Workshop on Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Ultra Sensitive Analysis in the Life Sciences, organised by PicoQuant GmbH, brought together international top researchers in the field of ultrasensitive optical detection and single molecule spectroscopy and microscopy. More than 150 participants enjoyed 45 highly up-to-date talks, including lectures given by renowned scientists like Steven A. Soper, Paul R. Selvin and Gerhard J. Schütz. During the poster session with more than 50 scientific posters, participants discussed latest results. Informal gatherings during the reception and a dinner lead to fruitful discussions about new ideas, projects and new networks. Read the full press release (PDF file, 23kB) |
| 09.09.2010 |
PicoQuant is proud to announce the upcoming release of the τ-SPAD, a new single photon counting module dedicated for time-resolved measurements. The development of this new SPAD is the result of a strategic alliance between PicoQuant and Laser Components and combines Laser Components' ultra-low noise VLoK silicon avalanche photodiode with a specially developed quenching electronic from PicoQuant. It features an extremely high photon detection efficiency of 75% at 670 nm, low dark counts, good timing resolution and can be used to detect single photons over the 400 nm to 1100 nm wavelength range. Modules optimized for counting-only applications can be directly obtained from Laser Components. |
| 18.08.2010 |
A new mechanical design of the LDH-D Series ("dual mode") laser heads features an improved thermal management and adjustable focussing optics. |
| 29.07.2010 |
The LSM Upgrade Kit is now also available for the Olympus FluoView FV1000MPE with NDD detection allowing deep tissue FLIM imaging. For details, please see the technical note. Read the full press release (PDF file, 113kB) |
| 25.06.2010 |
A new software version for the NanoHarp 250 has been released. The new software version 3.0 now supports Windows Vista und Windows 7 including x64 version and features a new GUI layout of the software as well as some other notable improvements. Read the full press release (PDF file, 91kB) |
| 05.05.2010 |
PicoQuant and the Brookhavan National Laboratory have successfully hosted a joint hands-on workshop on "Making Single Molecule Fluorescence (Lifetime) Measurements Simple". The workshop was held on April 26-28, 2010 at the premises of the Brookhavan National Laboratory and was a big success. Nearly 50 people attended the course and enjoyed lectures and hands-on experiments. |
| 23.03.2010 |
PicoQuant has announced the new automated fluorescence lifetime spectrometer FluoTime 300 "Easy Tau" at the analytica exhibition in Munich. |
| 04.03.2010 |
A new technical note is available for download:
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| 23.02.2010 |
The 2nd European Short Course on "Time-Resolved Microscopy and Correlation Spectroscopy" was held in Berlin, Adlershof from February 16 - 18, 2010. This course was considered by all participants as a great and inspiring event. Altogether more than 40 people from universities and industrie from 16 different countries participated. They attended 6 lectures and 6 hands-on experiment sessions with 4 different instruments from 3 companies, covering different methods and procedures in (time-resolved) fluorescence microscopy such as FLIM, FLIM-FRET, FCS (auto- and cross correlation), FLCS, single molecule microscopy and data analysis. |
| 17.02.2010 |
New and improved picosecond pulsed diode laser heads emitting around 965 nm and 485 nm are now available. |
| 26.01.2010 |
PicoQuant has again awarded a "Young Investigator Award" at the session on "Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging" during the BIOS / Photonics West show. The price was awarded to Ryan A. Colyer (University of California), Matthew D. Lew (Stanford University) and Steffen J. Sahl (MPI Göttingen). |
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