Camera Characteristics

The camera detector characteristics given below are mainly based on measurements certified by the manufacturers at delivery. Unless otherwise indicated we have not verified these numbers in detail.

camsci1

camsci1

Manufacturer:

Princeton Instruments

Model

ProEM HS: 1024BX3

Serial Number:

09434117

Format

1024 x 1024

Bit Depth

16

Well Depth

78,000 electrons

Dark Current

0.004 e/pix/sec at -55 C

CIC

0.02 e-/pix/frame at 1000x EM gain
camsci1 Performance

Amplifier

Speed

RON

Gain

[e-/count]

[e-]

High

Med

Low

CCD

100 kHz

3.78

0.87

1.60

3.25

CCD

1 MHz

5.41

0.93

1.64

3.40

EMCCD

5 MHz

26.68

2.32

4.62

8.54

EMCCD

10 MHz

36.58

2.20

3.96

7.95

EMCCD

20 MHz

82.87

1.97

EMCCD

30 MHz

136.7

2.65

camsci2

camsci2

Manufacturer:

Princeton Instruments

Model

ProEM HS: 1024BX3

Serial Number:

09434417

Format

1024 x 1024

Bit Depth

16

Well Depth

75,000 electrons

Dark Current

0.0064 e/pix/sec at -55 C

CIC

0.02 e-/pix/frame at 1000x EM gain
camsci2 Performance

Amplifier

Speed

RON

Gain

[e-/count]

[e-]

High

Med

Low

CCD

100 kHz

3.77

0.86

1.61

3.31

CCD

1 MHz

5.58

0.89

1.58

3.19

EMCCD

5 MHz

23.23

2.01

4.08

7.75

EMCCD

10 MHz

34.50

2.05

3.42

7.11

EMCCD

20 MHz

79.22

1.75

EMCCD

30 MHz

122.2

2.21

camlowfs

camlowfs

Manufacturer:

Andor

Model

iXon Ultra 897

Serial Number:

X-10473

Format

512 x 512

Bit Depth

16

Well Depth

186,000 electrons

Dark Current

0.00015 e/pix/sec at -98.72 C

CIC

0.00119 events/pixel
camlowfs Performance

Amplifier

Speed

RON

[e-]

Gain

[e-/count]

High

Med

Low

High

Med

Low

CCD

0.08 MHz

3.11

3.39

3.63

1.40

2.97

3.90

CCD

1 MHz

5.40

6.30

6.92

1.38

2.97

3.89

CCD

3 MHz

9.77

11.7

13.3

1.41

3.01

3.88

EMCCD

1 MHz

14.8

16.9

24.0

4.20

8.05

17.0

EMCCD

5 MHz

36.2

43.4

66.6

4.20

7.91

17.0

EMCCD

10 MHz

54.3

63.3

98.8

4.97

7.85

14.7

EMCCD

17 MHz

87.2

148

174

5.47

10.1

18.6