Request InfoVertilon Corp.WESTFORD, Mass., Aug. 16, 2010 — Vertilon Corp. has launched the PhotoniQ MCPC618 eight-channel high-speed photon counting system for photomultiplier tubes and silicon photomultipliers. The data acquisition system uses photon counting as the primary signal measurement technique. The company said that it developed the system to meet the needs of customers requiring precision ultralow-light level sensing at speeds of up to two billion photon counts per second. The instrument is designed to directly interface to high-gain optical devices without the need for external preamplifiers or other electronics. 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