The next generation of EMCCD and SWIR cameras for low light imaging

Camera solutions from Raptor Photonics

Raptor Photonics EMCCD and SWIR cameras will target any low light application where speed, resolution and sensitivity matter including astronomy, adaptive optics, calcium imaging and fluorescence.

Their EMCCD cameras feature EMCCD – GEN III technology which is three times faster than previous generation EMCCDs with superior linearity and low gain performance. This family of back-thinned EMCCD cameras offers a range of resolution, pixel pitch and speed.

Applications include:

• Invivo Fluorescence
• Chemiluminescence
• High resolution fluorescence imaging / spectroscopy
• Flow cytometry
• FRET / FRAP / TIRF
• Genome sequencing
• High content screening
• Live Cell Imaging

Camera Overview

Register for our webinar:  The role of InGaAs based cameras in scientific and industrial imaging

on August 25 | 3:00 – 4:00 pm

White Paper

Featuring the Raptor Falcon III EMCCD Camera

Raptor Photonics’ Geoff Martin and Kevin Cooke present this white paper featuring the Raptor Falcon III EMCCD camera more

Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) cameras, such as the Falcon III, can be used to detect very weak signals, which would otherwise be lost within the noise floor of the camera. Using a conventional CCD to detect these very weak signals, usually requires both long exposure times (to integrate a detectable amount of signal) and slow readout rates (to minimise the read noise). However, EMCCD cameras can detect these same signals using much shorter exposure times and higher readout rates. This is done by applying EM gain to the signal before it reaches the output amplifier of the CCD sensor, effectively reducing the read noise of the sensor by a factor equal to the amount of gain applied.