WL-BPD1GA
1 GHz Dual-Balanced InGaAs Low Noise Photodetector

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The BPD1GA is an AC-coupled high-speed dual-balanced InGaAs photoreceiver. Due to its high transimpedance gain, its very low noise, and its bandwidth of 1 GHz, it is ideally suited for future ultrahigh 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 a 50 Ω coupled SMA output. It operates from a single 11-15 V DC supply.
OEM versions without a case are available upon request.
Features
- 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
- 11-16 V single supply
- Input: FC fiber receptables
- Output: 50 Ω coupled SMA plug
- Damage threshold: 10 mW
Typical Applications
- Ultrahigh speed SS-OCT imaging
- LIDAR
- Single-ended use possible as well
Publications
The WL-BPD1GA has been used in the following publications, most of them are open-access:
- 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)
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