iXon Ultra and iXon3 EMCCD Camera Series

Driving the Absolute Best from EMCCD Camera Technology

With the iXon EMCCD cameras, Andor have delivered a dedicated, truly high-end, yet accessible ultrasensitive scientific camera platform, designed specifically to drive the absolute best from EMCCD technology across all critical performance specs and parameters.

Andor’s iXon design ensures the absolute highest sensitivity from a quantitative scientific digital camera, particularly under fast frame rate conditions. The NEW iXon Ultra innovation has raised the bar considerably, pushing frame rates to over 60% faster, the data stream transmitted through a convenient plug and play USB 2.0 interface!

Andor’s proven UltraVac™ vacuum technology, carrying a 7 year warranty, is critical to ensure both deep cooling and complete protection of the sensor.

iXon EMCCD Camera Brochure

The iXon Ultra and iXon3 series are designed to be the most flexible yet easy to use EMCCD cameras on the market, optimizable for a wide variety of application requirements in a single click via the new OptAcquire™ feature.

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Furthermore, signal can be quantitatively calibrated in units of electrons or photons, either real time or post-processing. Patented, pioneering technology offers automated recalibration of the linear EM gain scale, alongside anti-ageing protection.

Crucially, the iXon EMCCD camera brand carries an outstanding reputation for product quality and reliability, brandishing an unparalleled track record of minimal field failures.

Advanced Feature Set of the iXon Series

Besides offering the highest raw EMCCD performance available, the iXon EMCCD family is defined by a rich feature set, common to both iXon Ultra and iXon3 platforms, including:

• OptAcquire™ – iXon is the most versatile EMCCD camera available. OptAcquire™ uniquely allows you to optimize the iXon for different application requirements at the click of a button.
• Count Convert - Quantitatively capture and view data in electrons or incident photons. Applied either in real time or post-processing, Count Convert does this important conversion for you.
• Spurious Noise Filter – Intelligent algorithms to (optionally) filter spurious clock induced charge (CIC), dark current and single photon events from the background, with minimal effect on the signal integrity. Apply either in real time or as a post-processing step.
• Cropped Sensor Mode – Offering significantly faster frame rates over standard sub-array (ROI) mode. Use in microscopy with the new OptoMask accessory.
• RealGain™ - Absolute EMCCD gain selectable directly from a linear and quantitative scale. The gain you ask for is the gain you get.
• EMCAL™ - EMCAL™ is a patented, unique and innovative user-initiated routine, performing auto-recalibration of the EM Gain scale, without need for a light source, and circumventing the need for factory recalibration.
• Enhanced Photon Counting Modes – Intuitive single photon counting modes to overcome multiplicative noise. Apply either in real time or as post-processing.
• Real Time Signal Averaging – New recursive averaging and frame averaging functions for improved signal to noise ratio. Apply in real time with minimal impact on image display rate.