EMCCD Tutorial
Q13 What applications are EMCCDs suitable for?
EMCCD based detectors have been designed for the
most demanding of low light, dynamic applications. These detectors have
redefined the sensitivity expectations of scientific grade cameras, with detection
limits as low as single photons. These levels of sensitivity are vital for low light,
life science imaging applications such as single molecule detection, live cell fluorescence
microscopy (including confocal), ion signaling and weak luminescence detection,
to name only a few. EMCCD have also been serving the physical scientist and astronomer
across a range of demanding applications, photon counting, lucky astronomy, adaptive
optics, Bose Einstein condensation (BEC) / ion trapping, single molecule detection
/ nanotechnology, neutron tomography, Xray/ Gamma tomography, plasma diagnostics,
Raman detection and sono- / thermo-luminescence detection.
The animation below illustrates how with EMCCD technology you are able to reduce
the laser power needed to view your sample in a fluorescence microscopy application,
thus reducing the fluorophore bleach rate.