Hamamatsu News 1 / 2020

2 News 2020 Vol.1 ELECTRON TUBE PRODUCTS Systems Products PAGE PAGE PAGE OPTO-SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS High-sensitivity, High-speed Response Infrared Detector with Sensitivity up to 14 μm Band Next-generation Ion Detector Ideal for Miniature Portable Mass Spectrometers Suitable for In-line Non-destructive Inspection 18 24 28 Cover Story 3 Photonics and the Fight Against Covid-19 Company News 4 Ambient Light Sensor Calibration with Tunable Light Sources R&D Interview 6 “Triode MCP Assembly” Overturns the Accepted View of What a Microchannel Plate (MCP) Can Do! Application Report 11 SiPM Technology Increases the Safety of Charged Particle Therapy through Improved Beam Range Verification in Focus 14 Significantly Increased S/N in the Weak Light Region from a Unique Viewpoint 16 Compound Opto-semiconductor that Can Detect up to 14.5 μm World’s First Mass Production without Using Substances Restricted by the RoHS Directive OPTO-SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS 18 Type II Superlattice Infrared Detector P15409-901 19 InAsSb Photovoltaic Detector P13243 Series 20 InAsSb Photovoltaic Detector P15742-016DS/-046DS 21 MEMS Mirror S13989-01H 22 InGaAs Linear Image Sensor G14714-1024DK 23 CCD Area Image Sensor S10420-1106NU-01/-1106NW-01 ELECTRON TUBE PRODUCTS 24 MCP Assembly F14844 25 Micro PMT R12900U/-01 26 Photosensor Module H14601 Series 27 Photon Counting Head H14870 SYSTEMS PRODUCTS 28 InGaAs Line Scan Camera C15333-10E LASER PRODUCTS 29 LD Irradiation Light Source L13920-711 SPOLD Company News 30 Empowering Breakthroughs with Light at Photonics West 2020 31 Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. Sales Offices CONTENT Hamamatsu News – now also online: www.hamamatsu-news.com