APD-Based Detection Module of Single-Photons in Chemiluminescence Immunoassay System

Abstract

To accurately and rapidly detect single-photons is of the utmost importance for a Chemiluminescence Immunoassay (CLIA) system. An APD-based detection module of single-photons is designed in this paper. By comparison with PMT, APD possesses the advantages of higher detection sensitivity, lower dark current, smaller size, lower power consumption and higher integrity. The designed module can accurately detect single-photons with 22MHz frequency. The experimental results show that the module can be a basis for designing portable CLIA systems.