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FANTANA Cooled Single-Photon Receiver

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FANTANA cooled single-photon receiver using APD technology for optical satellite-to-ground laser communication.

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The FANTANA Cooled Single-Photon Receiver is an avalanche photodiode (APD) detector developed by Fantana GmbH (Vienna, Austria) for use in free-space optical laser communication links.^[1] It operates the APD in Geiger mode with active quench circuitry, and uses thermoelectric cooling to below -20 degrees C to reduce dark-count noise, enabling detection of the very low photon fluxes present on satellite-to-ground optical paths.^[1] The receiver is paired with Fantana's laser ranger terminal for beam stabilisation in full FSO communication systems.^[2] Operating wavelength is not published in available sources, and no on-orbit deployment heritage or named customer missions have been confirmed at time of research.

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[1]Cooled single-photon receiver for use in laser communication, Fantana GmbHoperator marketing2026-06-11
[2]Mission and History, Fantana GmbHoperator marketing2026-06-11
[3]Fantana, Nanosats Databasecommunity2026-06-11

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FANTANA Cooled Single-Photon Receiver. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/fantana-cooled-single-photon-receiver (CC BY 4.0)

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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:fantana-cooled-single-photon-receiver,
  title = {FANTANA Cooled Single-Photon Receiver},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/fantana-cooled-single-photon-receiver}
}