EMCCD Technology News
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
Some 'recent technology breakthroughs' in EMCCD technology are eerily familiar to
innovations that Andor have had in place for quite some time!
For example:
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Andor's ‘Baseline Clamp' is a function that has been selectable in our software
for some years now and gives a rock-solid baseline during kinetic series! It also
keeps the baseline clamped rigid even when EM gain is changed.
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Andor have had very fine nanosecond resolution (through vernier control) over our
clocking parameters for several years and are well aware of the important such control
is for reducing CIC noise.
However what has been overlooked by some, is that there is also a direct link between
pushing vertical clocks faster and achieving lower CIC – Andor can easily prove
this in demo using software-selectable clock speeds down to 0.3 microseconds for
the 512x512 back-illuminated sensor. Also, due to our faster vertical speeds we
offer the fastest frame rates on the market, significantly so when binning/sub-array
combinations are used – just check out the tables in the spec sheets.
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New EMCCD Spectroscopy Cameras Announced
Andor Technology, pioneers of Electron Multiplying (EM) CCD technology, today announce
the launch of the world's first Spectroscopy EMCCD camera, the Andor Newton. The
Newton is a new type of camera enabling faster detection, ultimate sensitivity and
speed for more accurate spectroscopy results. It is the world's most sensitive UV
to NIR spectroscopic detector ever, without any compromises and offers single photon
sensitivity for spectroscopists.
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ICCDs edge out electron-multiplying CCDs in low light? (We don’t think so!)
A recent article has been published in Laser Focus World in September 2004 by David
Dussault and Paul Hoess which claims that EMCCDs perform better than ICCDs only
at light levels above those that require cooling or slow scan. Andor Technology,
as the pioneers of EMCCD technology would like to set the record straight.
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