Raptor Photonics Launches Falcon Blue, EMCCD with Enhanced UV Response
22 May 2013
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Raptor Photonics, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance digital cameras has added another product to its lineup of EMCCD cameras. The Falcon BLUE offers UV transmission using a MgF2 window which will pick up signals as low as 180nm.
According to Mark Donaghy, VP Sales & Marketing "We have had a lot of interest from customers who need super sensitivity with higher frame rates at lower wavelengths so we have added the Falcon Blue to our line-up of EMCCD cameras."
"The Falcon Blue will combine speed and sensitivity across a wide spectral range from 180nm up to 1100nm. Running at 35Hz full frame this 1MP EMCCD will offer ultralow readout noise of less than 1 electron with EM gain on. It will offer a great spectral range with QE of 24% at 200nm. We see many scientific and industrial applications in the UV region requiring sensitivity at lower wavelength transmissions" he continued.
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Falcon BLUE
Raptor PhotonicsThe digital FALCON BLUE EMCCD camera, model FA285B-CL, combines high sensitivity, speed and high resolution. It uses a peltier cooled Texas Instruments' 1MegaPixel Frame Transfer Impactron device which provides QE up to 65%. It has a Fused Silica window for enhanced transmission down to 180nm. It uses a 16 bit A/D converter and offers a standard CameraLink output. The Falcon camera offers outstanding performance for low light applications such as fluorescence imaging, astronomy, electrophoresis, X-ray and hyperspectral imaging. The camera is fully compatible with the XCAP software from EPIX (link). This high performance Image Analysis Software offers easy-to-use menus and dialogs and allows simple or complex imaging tasks to be effortlessly completed. FALCON is also fully compatible with the Micro-Manager software. uManager provides a universal, flexible and free software platform for automated microscopy. Combined with ImageJ, mManager provides a full featured microscope management and image processing package, with quality and ease of use standards equal to commercial software. Falcon BLUE EMCCD Camera Features: 1004 x 1002 EMCCD sensor - Enables optimum image resolution in low light imaging applications B/W EMCCD technology - Enables high sensitivity imaging with up to 1000x on-chip gain Fused Silica window - enhanced transmission down to 180nm 16 bit CameraLink output - Provides wide dynamic range 65% QE from Virtual Phase sensor - Optimum Photon collection Frame Transfer - No mechanical shutter required, vibration-less CCD readout Realtime Imaging - Optimum image sharpness in ALL light conditions