X-Ray Detection Cameras

iKon-L 4 megapixel X-ray camera

Andor’s iKon-L 936 [DO] X-ray CCD camera is designed to offer high-performance solutions to your direct detection X-ray needs. Interfacing easily with vacuum chambers, the systems offer very low read noise floor, high QE across the X-ray, XUV and EUV range, and boast negligible dark current with thermoelectric cooling to as low as -100ºC. The 2048 x 2048 array with 13.5 μm square pixels provides both high resolution and high dynamic range. The iKon-L 936 [DO] combines kHz readout for lowest noise floor and multi-MHz readout for faster frame rates, all through a convenient USB 2.0 interface.

Technical Specifications

• What does this specification mean?Active Pixels

  2048 x 2048

  The smallest elements of a CCD detector grid.

• Pixel Size (µm)

  13.5 x 13.5

• Image Area

  27.6 x 27.6

• Pixel Well Depth (e^-, typical)

  100,000

• What does this specification mean? Frame Rate (fps)

  0.92

  Frame rate, or frame frequency, is the measurement of how quickly an imaging device produces unique consecutive images called frames

• Read Noise (e^-, typical)

  3 @ 50 kHz; 7 @ 1 MHz; 12.5 @ 3 MHz; 25 @ 5 MHz;

Features and Benefits

• Unparalleled thermoelectric (TE) cooling perform

  Market-exclusive TE cooling performance to as low as -100 0C, yielding negligible dark current.

• High resolution and large field of view

  Large area 4 megapixel (2048x2048) sensor.

• Ultra low-noise readout

  Down to 3 electrons rms with intelligent low-noise electronics.

• High QE sensor options

  back-illuminated sensors available for maximum photon capture and high S/N ratio.

• Software selectable readout speeds (up to 5 MHz)

  Slower readouts for absolute minimal noise performance, faster readouts for focusing and following dynamic events.

• High quantitative dynamic range

  16-bit scientific grade A/D, quantifying both strong and very weak signals in a single frame.

• Software selectable pre-amp sensitivity

  User configurable system optimization.

• USB 2.0 PC interface

  "Plug and Play" connectivity direct from camera to PC.

• External trigger

  TTL input and output for synchronization to experimental events.

• Vacuum interface options

  Interface flange with optional integral filter holder. Custom interfacing flanges available for standard vacuum connections, e.g. CF, ISO and KF.

• Andor’s Solis-i software (Windows and Linux SDK)

  User-friendly interfaces offering intuitive acquisition optimization and advanced data processing/analysis.

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