VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 3, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zecotek Photonics Inc. (CDNX:ZMS.V - News) (Frankfurt:W1I.F - News) today announced that it has initiated delivery of its most advanced Micro-pixel Avalanche Photo Diodes (MAPD) solid-state photo detectors to research centers and key customers in both medical imaging and high-energy physics for immediate use. The proprietary MAPD-3N is the production based design upgrade of the previously announced MAPD. It also offers significant performance advantages over competing photomultiplier tubes (PMT) and the device is more compact and cheaper to manufacture.
