Global InformationPhotek Ltd information
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 Photek factory | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | (September 1, 1991) |
| Founders | Jon Howorth, Ralph Powell, Martin Ingle, Geoff Holt, Mehmet Madakbas |
| Headquarters | 26 Castleham Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, UK |
Key people | Linda Hall (Managing director) Steven Lee (Operations Manager) James Milnes (R&D Manager) Fenton Mann (Sales Manager) Luke Strawson (Quality Assurance Manager) Chris Slatter (Production & Project Manager) Mike King (Engineering Manager) |
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Number of employees | 60 (2021) |
| Website | Official website |
Photek Limited is a specialist manufacturer and global supplier of vacuum-based tubes and camera systems for photon detection. Photek manufacture image intensifiers, solar-blind detectors, photomultipliers, streak tubes and a range of associated electronics and camera systems. The company was founded in 1991 by Jon Howorth, Ralph Powell, Martin Ingle, Geoff Holt and Mehmet Madakbas.
Photek's manufacturing specialty is fast-time-resolution devices using micro-channel plates. Fusion plasma diagnostics collaborations[1] with AWE have improved time resolution to less than 100ps for devices with micro-channel plate amplification.[2] Detectors without an MCP, such as vacuum photo-diodes, can go as low as 55ps time resolution.[3] Specialist devices, such as streak tubes, achieve an even better resolution of 1 picosecond or less [4] but must sacrifice one spatial dimension for timing information.
Photek LTD announces the formation of Photek USA LLC, a US sales and technical support center. Photek USA is building a US-based team to enter new markets and launch new products while supporting the long-standing relationship with Sydor Technologies (Sydor) and their strength in servicing the DOE NNSA Laboratories and Mission Support Services.[5]
Dublin, Ireland and St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom, 15 February 2021 – Tibidabo Scientific Industries Ltd (“Tibidabo Scientific”), a global leader and supplier of highly differentiated technology for scientific research, aerospace, and industrial markets, announced the acquisition of Photek Limited.
- ^ "GA Diagnostic Improvements" (PDF). Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ "AWE time resolution". March 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ "Ultra high speed PMT" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2015. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
- ^ "Streak camera speed". BBC News. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
- ^ "Photek USA New Office". June 14, 2021.