Synchronizer

Advanced clocking and synchronization

The Swabian Instruments' Synchronizer enables you to run large-scale applications with up to 144 input channels. With the Synchronizer, you can merge your Time Tagger Ultra and Time Tagger X units into one single device, whereby their full timing resolution is maintained. The time tag streams from the individual units are merged automatically, such that you can take full advantage of the Time Tagger's powerful software engine.

up to
8
Time Taggers
up to
640 M tags/s
unified data rate for 8 devices
0.8 ppb
clock drift over 24h
Build large-scale Time Taggers

Leading labs for photonic quantum computing around the globe use Swabian Instruments' Synchronizer to build large-scale Time Taggers for high-order coincidence counting, typically processing the single photon events from arrays of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors. A synchronized Time Tagger enables you to process hundreds of coincidence rates on the fly, with just a few lines of code.

Documentation
3D Model

Features

Synchronize up to 8 Time Taggers

The Synchronizer provides 8 sets of synchronization outputs that are compatible with all Time Tagger Ultra and Time Tagger X models.

No compromise on timing resolution

The jitter introduced by the Synchronizer is way below the timing resolution of our Time Taggers, so you will not suffer a loss of performance when you use the Synchronizer.

Ultra-stable reference clock

The Synchronizer is equipped with the latest Si-MEMS clocking technology, providing less than 0.8 ppb clock drift over 24h and relative clock accuracy.

Flexible reference clock inputs and outputs

You can lock your Synchronizer to an external 10 MHz reference clock or lock other instruments to Synchronizer's own ultra-stable clock using its clock output.

Your Time Taggers become a single instrument

Synchronized Time Taggers are represented by a single device in the software engine, and you can use all the processing features on this single device. In your code, you will barely notice that you control a complete network of Time Taggers.

On-the-fly processing up to 640 Mtags/s

Swabian Instruments' powerful software engine enables you to merge and process time tag streams from multiple Time Tagger Ultra and Time Tagger X on-the-fly with a total data rate up to 640 M tags/s, providing industry-leading processing capabilities.

Specifications

Oscillator
initial tolerance±500 ppb
temperature drift±0.2 ppb/°C
24h aging±0.8 ppb
1 year aging±150 ppb
Synchronization Output
sync frequency500 MHz
couplingAC, 50 Ω
amplitude800 mVpp
Clock Output
frequency10 MHz
couplingAC, 50 Ω
amplitude1 Vpp
Clock Input
frequency10 MHz
input couplingAC, 50 Ω
min. amplitude1 Vpp
max. amplitude5 Vpp
General Parameters
size (L x W x H) in mm192 x 131 x 66

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