LightField
64-bit Acquisition Software

LightField - 64-bit Acquisition Software- Download the 8-page brochure

From the world leaders in optical spectroscopy and CCD/EMCCD/ICCD technology comes LightField™, an all-new 64-bit data acquisition platform for spectroscopy and imaging. LightField combines complete control over Princeton Instruments’ cameras and spectrometers with easy-to-use tools for experimental setup, data acquisition and post-processing.

LightField_w_IntelliCal

Build a hardware configuration. Only software relevant to installed hardware appear in the settings pane

LightField makes data integrity priority #1 via automatic saving to disc, time stamping and retention of both raw and corrected data with full experimental details saved in each file. LightField works seamlessly in multi-user facilities, remembering each user’s hardware and software configurations and tailoring options and features accordingly. The optional, patent-pending IntelliCal™ package is the highest-performance wavelength calibration software available, providing up to 10X greater accuracy across the entire focal plane than competing routines.

Next generation data acquisition software

  • Represents a major advance over the industry standard Winspec/Winview platform
  • Controls Princeton Instruments PIXIS and ProEM CCD/EMCCD cameras and Acton spectrometers


All new 64-bit libraries have been designed from the ground up; multi-threaded and multi-core aware

  • Works with 64-bit Windows 7 and Vista OS
  • 64-bit event-driven API for programmers
  • Accomplish multiple tasks simultaneously with parallel processing

Intuitive graphical interface provides a seamless experience for both new and experienced users

  • Immediate data acquisition upon launch
  • Progressive disclosure - contextual menus ensure that only relevant options appear
  • Graphical hardware configuration builder ensures that system elements work exactly as the end user expects
  • Dark gray GUI reduces monitor brightness; monitor dims automatically during acquisition
  • All experimental parameters are saved to data file headers - no more searching old notebooks for data acquisition settings
  • Automatic light saturation warning with pseudocolor

set_up_complex_acquisitions

Set up complex acquisitions in a single window.

Data preservation / archiving

  • Data are automatically saved to disc - accidental data loss is nearly impossible
  • Software time stamping with user-configurable t0 - supports hardware time stamping on selected camera models
  • Both raw and corrected data are saved by default - no more data corruption with incorrect background spectra
  • Stream multi-GB data sets directly to disc

Greatly improved handling of regions of interest (ROI)

  • ROI creation directly from a reference image
  • Simultaneously view multiple ROI spectra or images, or a single ROI at different magnifications

conflicting_ROIs

Multiple regions of interest can be defined in a single window.

Exceptional user control

  • Save & reload experimental settings and share between multiple users
  • Configurable setting dock holds preferred commands
  • Control multiple cameras via multiple instances of LightField
  • Drag-n-drop data into Excel, Paint and Notepad, or export to TIFF, FITS, CSV, etc.

peak_find_function

Peak find function works with both broad and narrow lines.

save_stat_data

Display and save statistical data. Copy and paste spectral data into Excel and image data.

Optional IntelliCal™ spectral calibration routine

  • Patent-pending algorithm refines spectrograph parameters to match observed and NIST tabulated line spectra in intensity space
  • Point-by-point calibration across entire spectrum: up to 10X improvement in accuracy
  • USB powered Hg/Ne-Ar source provides calibration lines across the UV-visible-NIR spectrum

IntelliCal

IntelliCal provides up to 10X improved accuracy