ProEM Professional-Grade EMCCD Camera
Performance, Precision, Peace of Mind Now... eXcelon-enabled

ProEM
The ProEM camera from Princeton Instruments is the most advanced EMCCD camera available on the market today, utilizing the latest low-noise read out electronics and a 512x512 back illuminated EMCCD to deliver single photon sensitivity. This true 2-in-1 camera features a high speed EM mode to capture fast kinetics and a low speed normal CCD mode with very low read noise for precision photometry applications. It provides advanced features such as solid baseline stability and linear EM gain control. The ProEM: 512B is cooled to below -90°C using either air or liquid, or a combination of both. The ProEM  EMCCD camera also features, for the frst time, the latest Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface that allows remote operation over a single cable without the need for custom framegrabbers.

ProEM camera from Princeton Instruments

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Cooling
ProEM uses the most advanced vacuum and cooling technology with all-metal hermetic seals to achieving deep cooling and consequently low dark noise.Even the vacuum window -the only optical surface in the optical path, is brazed (fused at molecular level) to the vacuum chamber.

Low Noise
PINS (Princeton Instruments Noise Suppression technology): Princeton Instruments' engineers have used the next generation electronics to get the lowest possible noise levels in ProEM. In EM mode, the ProEM delivers the lowest starting read noise of any camera in the market –an advantage considering only a small amount of EM gain is required to achieve <1 e- rms effective read noise.For traditional readout port, the camera delivers 3 e- rms read noise at 100kHz, an unparalleled performance. Now, whether it is fast or slow application, the ProEM delivers the lowest noise combination ever to be achieved.Part of the technology also includes proprietary methods to reduce clock induced charge –an unwanted noise source in EM applications requiring single photon detection. It is reduced to 0.005 e-/p/frame with careful optimization of clock timing and voltage levels on every camera. At the heart of ProEM is a back-illuminated EMCCD that delivers greater than 90% quantum efficiency and less than 1 e- rms read noise when electrons generated in each pixel (from the incident photons) via impact ionization.

Precision
OptiCAL: EM calibration gone optical! A precision light source built into every camera is used to generate a linearized EM gain map on demand by the user. In the software, you are controlling the EM gain in absolute steps.IAnti-ageing: IEM gain can degrade over time especially when a large gain is used in high light conditions. ProEM uses every anti-ageing measure including clock voltage optimization to reduce the effect of ageing. The deep cooling allows the high voltage clocks to be operated well below the maximum ratings, while still achieving greater than 1000x EM gain.


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Model Imaging Array Pixel Size Wavelength Peak QE

 

512B* 512 x 512 B/I FT 16 x 16 µ m 200 - 1050 nm 95%
512B_eXcelon* 512 x 512 B/I FT 16 x 16 µ m 200 - 1050 nm 95%
1024B* 1024 x 1024 B/I FT 13 x 13µ m 200 - 1050 nm 95%
1024B_eXcelon*1024 x 1024 B/I FT13 x 13µ m200 - 1050 nm95%
*optional Unichrome coating available to extend the sensitivity in to UV
ProEM Options
CoolCUBE II Liquid Circulator, Custom AR coatings available on request.

 

Traditional CCD or “Non-EM” mode: While the EM mode is ideal for low light, high speed imaging applications, the non-EM or traditional readout amplifier is the best for slow scan applications - for example, astronomical imaging requiring minutes to hours of exposures. By reading out slowly, ProEM delivers 3 e- rms read noise at 100kHz even in non-EM mode.

Options
Numerous options - No more compromises! ProEM delivers the highest performance using air, liquid or a combination thereof. The cameras can be cooled below -95C for the lowest dark noise. For traditional readout port, the camera delivers 2.5 to 3 e- rms read noise at 100kHz, an unparalleled performance. Now, whether it is fast or slow application, the ProEM delivers the lowest noise combination ever achieved.

Speed
Video frame rates and up: ProEM provides better than video rate even at full resolution (512x512). But if you need hundreds of frames per second, a combination of binning and region of interest (ROI) can be used. For even higher frame rate, a “custom chip” mode allows 3 to 4 times higher frame rate when only a partial area of the CCD is illuminated.

Kinetics:
Need to capture a process with microsecond time resolution or at millions of frames per second in a burst? ProEM fully supports Kinetics -a special readout mode - right out of the box. By illuminating only a small portion of the sensor, a series of sub-frames can be captured and shifted in microseconds vastly increasing the time resolution.