Solis (t) Software

Software for Time-Resolved Applications

The Andor Solis (t) software platform is the option for time resolved work and has additional features to enable control of the iStar camera range. Applications include Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF), combustion and Time-resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy.

Features and Benefits

• Easy configuration of the built-in Digital Delay Generator (DDG™) allowing you to fully control your ultra-fast gating requirements with minimum fuss
• Improved signal-to-noise with the "Integrate On Chip" function
• Advanced data spooling direct to hard disk allowing large data sets to be acquired
• Automatically locate your light pulse with Andor’s unique temporal "Find Pulse" feature: automatically scans the optical window to locate the time period with the highest signal for a given time window, then sets the gate delay and width appropriately
• Real-time Photon Counting mode enables you to watch your data build at even very low flux levels

Acquisition Setup

The setup acquisition dialog box is specially tailored and is the fundamental tool for setting up your Andor Intensified CCD camera. With this dialog box, you can configure your ICCD for any application. The Acquisition mode allows you to select the method of recording the data that is to be taken. Data can be recorded in real time, as a single scan, as a kinetic series, etc. The Trigger allows you to determine what controls the timing of the experiment either internally, or externally with a laser, for example.

The Setup CCD tab allows you to set the exposure time and temperature of the CCD sensor. You can also select the way that data is read out from the CCD, whether it is by using full vertical binning, 2 x 2 binning or full resolution image readout, etc. The Setup Gater tab, is a very important part of the operation of an ICCD. This tab is used to control the operation of the onboard Digital Delay Generator (DDG™). It allows the setup of the Gate pulse delay and Gate pulse width in steps of 25ps.

The Output A delay is used to control the trigger of an external component such as a laser. The MCP Gain setting is an 8 bit D/A providing 256 different levels of gain within the image intensifier. When in Kinetic series mode, the Gate step function allows multiple acquisitions with differing delays enabling phenomena such as fluorescence decay to be easily quantified.

Run Time Control

The run time control dialog box provides ease of control of your experiment. Certain parameters can be varied without having to stop the acquisition and open the setup acquisition box shown here. Variables can easily be changed in real time mode enabling instant visualization. This dialog box can also be controlled by use of the unique, wireless remote control. With this you can fine-tune your experiment from any location around your optics table. With a push of a button the parameters in the dialog box can be instantly varied, without having to touch your keyboard.