Newton EMCCD and CCD Cameras

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Andor’s Newton camera, delivering up to 95% QE and single photon sensitivity, is the most sensitive spectroscopic detector ever. This Andor exclusive sensor is the only spectroscopic device available with Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) technology. It enables charge from each pixel to be multiplied on the sensor before readout, providing single photon sensitivity with both multi-Megahertz readout and USB connectivity. The camera utilizes a 1600 x 400 array of 16μm² pixels with thermoelectric cooling down to -100°C resulting in negligible dark current and provides unrivalled performance for spectroscopic applications. The dual output amplifiers allow software selection between either a conventional High sensitivity output or an Electron Multiplying output.

Technical Specifications

• What does this specification mean?Active Pixels

  1600 x 400

  The smallest elements of a CCD detector grid.

• Pixel Size (µm)

  16

• Image Area

  25.6mm x 6.4mm

• What does this specification mean? Act. Area Pixel Well Depth (e^-, typical)

  150000

  The well depth of a single pixel on the ccd sensor

• Output Saturation (e^-, typical)

  High Sensitivity Output:300000
  Electron Multiplying Output:1300000

• What does this specification mean?Max Spectra Per Sec

  377

  Based on a Horizontal Pixel Readout of 100KHz and a vertical pixel shift of 13μS. Vertical speeds are software selectable. All sensors are guaranteed to operate at 13μs vertical pixel shift and most can be clocked faster. At these faster speeds there may be some degradation of Charge Transfer Efficiency (C.T.E.). FVB is short for Full Vertical Binning (Binning is a process that allows charge from two or more pixels to be combined on the EMCCD-chip prior to readout).

• Max Full Frames Per Second

  3.6

• Read Noise (e^-, typical)

  High Sensitivity Output: 8.5 @ 2.5MHz
  Electron Multiplying Output: <1 (EM on) @ 2.5MHz

Features and Benefits

• Exclusive 1600 x 400 EM Sensor

  1600 x 400 array with EM technology - exclusive to Andor Technology

• Multi-Megahertz Readout

  High acquisition rates achievable with low noise electronics

• Simple USB 2.0 Connection

  USB 2.0 connection direct from back of the camera – no controller box needed!

• Min Operating Temp of -100˚C with TE Cooling

  Negligible dark current without the aggravation or safety concerns associated with LN2.

• Single Window Design

  Delivers maximum photon throughput.

• UltraVac™

  Critical for sustained vacuum integrity and to maintain unequalled cooling and QE performance, year after year.

• Cropped Sensor Mode

  Specialized readout mode for achieving sub-millisecond temporal resolution from EMCCD and CCD cameras. Intuitive Cropped Sensor definition for continuous rapid image or spectral acquisition.

• Dual Output Amplifiers

  Software selectable output for either high sensitivity mode (low noise) or high capacity mode

Quantum Efficiency Curve