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iXon Ultra 897 & 888 by Andor Technology
The iXon EMCCD camera series offers a wide range of outstanding features - such as
- TE vacuum cooling down to -100°C,
- extremely low noise, and an EM recalibration technology (EMCAL),
- alongside anti-ageing protection.
Furthermore, Andor’s unique ‘Crop Mode' can be employed to further boost frame rates from a user defined sub-region. The iXon Ultra is currently the most flexible and the most user-friendly EMCCD camera on the market and can be adapted to the requirements of a wide variety of applications with a single click using ‘OptAcquire’.
Additional features of the iXon Ultra include
- ‘plug and play’ USB connectivity,
- a lower noise conventional CCD mode and an additional Camera Link output,
- offering the unique ability to directly access data for ‘on the fly’ processing, ideally suited for applications such as adaptive optics.
The highly innovative iXon Ultra 888 has a sensor size of 1024 x 1024 and is a back-illuminated EMCCD camera offering single photon sensitivity across a large field of view, at 26 fps.
The iXon Ultra 897 platform takes the popular back-illuminated 512 x 512 frame transfer sensor and overclocks readout to 17 MHz, pushing speed performance to an outstanding 56 fps (full frame), whilst maintaining single photon sensitivity and quantitative stability throughout.
Further information about Andor’s iXON EMCCD cameras can be found on Andor Technology's website.
Typical Applications:
- Adaptive Optics,
- Exoplanet Studies,
- Lucky and Speckle Imaging,
- Guide Camera,
- High Time Resolution Astrophysics,
- Transient Observations
Please note: We offer ANDOR cameras exclusively for astronomical applications and satellite tracking. This is in response to requests from companies, institutes and amateur astronomers to integrate these high-quality special cameras into telescope systems and observing stations.
In case you have further questions, please contact us via kontakt (at) baader-planetarium.de
Please note that additional information and spec sheets are available in the “downloads” section.
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EMCCD vs sCMOS Cameras | A Comparison (Post by Andor Technology)
sCMOS technology is unique in its ability to overcome many of the mutual exclusivities that have marred other scientific detector technologies, resulting in an imaging detector that simultaneously optimizes a range of important performance parameters whilst maintaining Snapshot exposure capability. Read more about the comparsion between EMCCD and sCMOS cameras on Andor Technolog's website
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What is an Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) Camera? (Post by Andor Technolgy)
EMCCD technology, sometimes known as ‘on-chip multiplication’, is an innovation first introduced to the digital scientific imaging community by Andor Technology in 2001, with the launch of our dedicated, high-end iXon EMCCD Camera platform of ultra-sensitive cameras. Essentially, the EMCCD is an image sensor that is capable of detecting single photon events without an image intensifier, achievable by way of a unique electron multiplying structure built into the chip. Read more about the EMCCD technology and cameras on Andor Technolog's website
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Webinar – Impact of EMCCDs on Speckle Imaging (Post by Andor Technology)
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Additional Information
| General | |
|---|---|
| SKU (#) | iXon |
| Application | CCD Cameras, Scientific Cameras |
| Sensor Information | |
| Sensor type | BSI CMOS – Back-side illuminated |
| Sensor Size | 13.3 x 13.3 mm (iXon Ultra 888) | 8.2 x 8.2 mm (iXon Ultra 897) |
| Imaging Features | |
| Monochrom or Color? | Monochrome |
| Read Noise (e- RMS) | <1 with EM Gain |
| A/D Conversion | 16 -Bit-A/D-Converter |
| Peak QE | >95% |
| Ex Trigger In | Yes |
| Ex Trigger Out | Yes |
| Additional Features | |
| Cooling | down to -100°C |
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