Purchasing Advisor for Balanced Photodetectors (original) (raw)

Find all you need for professional sourcing of balanced photodetectors: a comprehensive expert-curated directory of suppliers, scientific and technical background information, and an interactive AI-based tool with guidance for a structured decision process.

NEW: Not only hardware can be listed here, but also consulting, software, training on balanced photodetectors, etc. – see the "offer types" below.

🌐 You appear to be visiting from North America. Many listed suppliers are based in this region, making the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide highly relevant for your needs.

Purchasing high-value photonics products is a substantial responsibility. Using a structured decision-making process and high quality supplier data helps a lot:

• Find all relevant suppliers (not limited to advertisers).
• Our interactive tool conveniently assists you in defining and applying your application-specific requirements.

Note that purchasing decisions based on just a few randomly picked suppliers and without carefully defined specifications are risky; therefore, we strongly recommend using our data and tool. See also:

• How Responsible Purchase Decisions for Expensive Goods Like Lasers Are Done
• Explanations on this purchasing tool

Go through the process:

1. Understand the technical background

It is important to sufficiently understand the technology before buying.

Use the comprehensive learning resources of RP Photonics:

balanced photodetection

If you need personal help, contact RP Photonics to get technical consultancy.

I feel that I sufficiently understand the technical background.

2. Define your requirements

It is essential to fully understand and clearly define your requirements before you purchase.

We recommend that you develop a list of clear specifications according to your specific needs, against which you can later check the suitability of found product offers:

To help you, we have already listed some aspects we recommend you consider when buying balanced photodetectors. Of course, there may be other aspects that are relevant to your specific case.

This list is for your own preparation, and can later (possibly in modified form) be used for quotation requests to suppliers.

I think that I am sufficiently informed about our requirements.

Otherwise, you will need to talk to your technical colleagues.

I consider the above list of specifications to be sufficiently complete, clear and accurate.

If you cannot sufficiently clarify your requirements, you may want to get technical consultancy from RP Photonics.

Insert these criteria when creating inquiry mails to suppliers with the buttons "Get quotation".

You find these buttons in the supplier list below or under "3. Find suitable suppliers".

3. Find suitable suppliers

We suggest three steps:

• Below, you can find our list of suppliers for balanced photodetectors. Use the checkboxes to mark possibly suitable suppliers.
• The selected suppliers will appear below this list, along with your list of specifications. You can then indicate which specifications they meet according to your research. (You should finalize your specifications before doing this.)
• Based on the results, you can finally choose a supplier that is hopefully a good enough fit.

Selected suppliers:

(none so far)

Decision

The most suitable supplier you found:

Comments, e.g. reasons for your choice, or things which still need to be checked:

4. Document the decision process

It is essential to document your purchasing process, not only its result (chosen supplier):

• You will find it easier next time.
• If something goes wrong, you can defend your decision by showing that you properly considered all important aspects. Or you see what needs to be done better next time.

Our interactive tool makes it easy: Fill out the form, and in the end print it to a PDF. Note that the document will show all sections (including those not currently shown on the screen), while omitting some irrelevant details such as the page navigation.

Suppliers for Balanced Photodetectors

16 suppliers for balanced photodetectors are listed in the RP Photonics Buyer's Guide, out of which 4 present their product descriptions and images. Both manufacturers and distributors can be registered.

Sophisticated Tools for Signal Recovery FEMTO Messtechnik GmbHKlosterstraße 6410179 BerlinGermany	⚙ hardware FEMTO offers low-noise balanced photoreceivers for wavelength from 320 nm to 1700 nm and bandwidths up to 500 MHz. The modules have an exceptionally high common mode rejection (CMRR) of up to 55 dB. Fiber-coupled and free space versions are available. Product-specific web page

BOOST your LAB work with simplicity! SILENTSYS SAS10 rue Xavier BichatZone université72000 Le MansFrance

⚙ hardware The ULN-PDB module is a plug-and-play ultralow noise balanced photodetector in a compact and user-friendly package. It offers the best performances in terms of signal-to-noise ratio. ULN-PDB is proposed with InGaAs or Si photodiodes (with FC connectors) and offers a bandwidth of 100 MHz (adjustable on demand) with a high gain of 39 kV/A (adjustable on demand) in a DC- or AC-coupled configuration. Product-specific web page

Noisy Labs GmbHLuruper Hauptstrasse 122547 HamburgGermanySee us at Photonics West 2026 in San Francisco, Jan. 20–22 (booth 4024)!

⚙ hardware Our balanced detectors are engineered for quantum optics applications with low electronic noise and high quantum efficiencies. The on-board demodulation circuit offers the possibility to generate error signals and implement locking loops for the experiment or application. Available standard wavelengths include 1064 nm and 1550 nm. Other wavelengths and fiber coupling are possible upon request. Visit our website to learn more and see how our technology can support your research. Product-specific web page

Lasers, Optics, Electronics. Made in Germany. ALPHALAS GmbHBertha-von-Suttner-Str. 537085 GöttingenGermany	⚙ hardware ALPHALAS offers balanced photodetectors with bandwidths from DC up to 10 GHz and wavelength ranges from 170 nm to 2600 nm. Both free-space and fiber-coupled models are available. Product-specific web page

Your company's products are not listed here? Get our Advertising Package to enjoy that and many other benefits!

If any displayed information is incorrect (e.g., a listed supplier does not offer such products) or legally problematic, please notify RP Photonics so that the problem can be solved.

Report Additional Suppliers for These Products

If you are a supplier and want to be listed, please use the registration form.

An already registered supplier can use a customized form to report the full list of offered photonics products. That form is reachable with the red button "Edit profile data" on the supplier's profile page.

Anyone, not only suppliers themselves, can [**report additional suppliers**](/report%5Fsupplier.html?product=Balanced Photodetectors).