
Princeton Instruments is introducing its Sophia-XO:2048 high-speed, ultra-low-noise camera, which is engineered to address very low flux scientific applications.
The camera features a 2048 x 2048, 15 μm2 pixel CCD and provides >3 fps with 16 MHz readout speed at full resolution. New ArcTecTM ultra-deep-cooling technology minimizes dark noise by thermoelectrically cooling the CCD to less than -90°C, using only air assist.
As the newest addition to the currently available Princeton Instruments Sophia UV-NIR line of cameras, the Sophia-XO system is engineered to deliver direct-detection performance for applications such as x-ray spectroscopy, microscopy, plasma diagnostics and EUV lithography.
With 100% fill factor, a 16-bit digitization rate and -90°C thermoelectric cooling, the Sophia-XO camera is suitable for research and OEM environments.
The new Sophia-XO camera is supported by Princeton Instruments’ 64-bit LightField imaging and spectroscopy software, which provides hundreds of user enhancements, such as a powerful built-in math engine to perform live data analysis. LightField also permits direct control from third-party packages such as National Instruments’ LabView, MathWorks’ Matlab, and Epics synchrotron software.