PIXIS-XO - Direct-Detection Soft X-ray Camera
Applications:• UHV Lithography • X-ray microscopy • Soft X-ray imaging • X-ray Spectroscopy

PIXIS-XO Direct-Detection Soft X-ray Camera Key Features and Benefits

  • Direct Soft X-ray Imaging (<30 eV to ~ 10 keV)
  • Back-illuminated CCD without AR coating
  • 2048 x 2048 pixel CCD camera with 27.6 x 27.6 mm image available
  • X-ray photon counting capability
  • Deep-vacuum open nose-interface (VON)
  • Rotatable ConFlat® flange with hard vacuum seal for TE cooled cameras
  • High sensitivity, high dynamic range
  • USB2.0 plug-n-play interface with optional Fiber Optic Extender Kit for USB 2.0 cameras for remote operation
The advanced high-sensitivity, thermoelectrically cooled family of PIXIS-XO camera systems is designed with special back-illuminated CCDs without anti-reflection coating for direct imaging of very low energy X-rays (< 30 eV). The rotatable conflat flange design provides ultra-high vacuum hard metal seals with ability to align the CCD. When used with the software-programmable, high-capacity, or high-sensitivity amplifier, this system effectively delivers X-ray photon counting capabilities with up to 16-bit dynamic range. The thermoelectrically air cooled option provides maintenance-free operation where as water cooled option provides vibration-free operation.

Dual-amplifier configuration and independent gain settings.
Our exclusive dual-amplifier configuration (high capacity and low noise) enables PIXIS-XO to be used for high or low flux applications. Six independent gain settings (e-/ADU) let you fine-tune the camera. For imaging applications, the PIXIS-XO platform supports 1024 x 1024 and 512 x 512 format devices with backilluminated CCDs without antireflection coating for very low x-ray energy detection.

Optional Fiber optic data interface.
With optional fiberoptic interface the camera can be operated from up to 800 meters.

PIXIS-XO
Model Imaging Array Pixel Size Sensor Type
100B 1340 x 100 20 x 20 um back-illuminated
100BR 1340 x 100 20 x 20 um back-illuminated, deep-depletion
400B 1340 x 400 20 x 20 um back-illuminated
400BR 1340 x 400 20 x 20 um back-illuminated, deep-depletion
1024B 1024 x 1024 13 x 13 um back-illuminated
1024BR 1024 x 1024 13 x 13 um back-illuminated, deep-depletion
1300B 1340 x 1300 20 x 20 µm back-illuminated
2KB 2048 x 512 13.5 x 13.5 um back-illuminated
2048B 2048 x 2048 13.5 x 13.5 um back-illuminated
2048BR 2048 x 2048 13.5 x 13.5 um back-illuminated, deep-depletion
For more information click on a model number within the chart to download the data sheet.

Cooling options: TE Air, Water, TE Air + Water

The perfect direct detection X-ray detector
The high sensitivity and resolution of these cameras in the energy range between 280 eV and 540 eV (water window: 23 - 45 angstroms) make them well suited for studying hydrated organic specimens at a resolution near that of an electron microscope, but without the complex sample-preparation requirements. Therefore, the system offers high contrast, good penetration in micrometer-thick water layers, and the potential for high resolution. Furthermore, high-brilliance tunable x-ray sources at synchrotrons allow x-ray microscopes to achieve element-specific imaging, thus providing insight into structure composition.