PyLoN
LN - Cooled Spectroscopy Detector - eXcelon-Enabled
No other spectroscopy CCD camera is this cool,
this quiet and this fast!
Features and Benefits
Supported by LightField™
- PI's powerful 64-bit data acquisition
software
Optional patent-pending IntelliCal™
wavelength and intensity calibration
packages and hardware timestamping.
No external controller - all electronics
inside the camera head while maintaining
the ultra-low noise performance.
More ADC speeds - 4X as fast as
its predecessor’s 1 MHz top speed.
Indium metal seals - for improved
vacuum longevity.
Ideal for low-light, long acquisition
applications - including Raman, TERS,
single molecule spectroscopy and photoluminescence
Gig-E communication - permits remote
operation up to 50 m.
Digital correlated double sampling
- even lower noise
PI’s exclusive eXcelon
technology - available on selected models
Reduced binning noise - optimizing
it for spectroscopy applications
AR coatings from Acton Optics -
available on windows
Superior Cooling Technology PyLoN models
reduce dark current and inherent noise contribution
to negligible levels via cryogenically cooling the CCD
down to -120°C with liquid nitrogen. To optimise the
temperature dependent quantum efficiency in the near
IR, the CCD temperature may be set by software between
-90°C and –120°C.
PyLoN™, a new line of controllerless, cryogenically
cooled CCD cameras designed for quantitative spectroscopy
applications that demand the highest possible sensitivity.
In creating the new PyLoN platform, Princeton Instruments
redesigned its industry-leading Spec-10 family of cameras
to remove the external controller, increasing experimental
flexibility while further improving the ultra-low-noise
electronics. Liquid nitrogen cooling virtually eliminates
dark current, and indium metal seals enhance vacuum
longevity. Binning noise has been further reduced from
the already low levels in the Spec-10 platform.
Dual capacity mode and Variable System Gain
One on CCD output amplifier is optimised to high dynamic
range of typical 1 Me and a read-noise of 10-e rms and
the other for lower full well capacity ( 250.000 e)
but offering read-noise of typically 2-4 e. The PyLoN:
2K gives spectroscopists this feature that provides
the ability to select either high-capacity mode for
applications like absorbance spectroscopy, or high-sensitivity
mode for applications such as low-light Raman and fluorescence
expect system gain is set so that the full well of the
CCD matches the full range of the 16-bit digitizer.
The gain can be selected under software control to meet
the needs of a given application.
