Micro Photonics Inc.

X-ray Image Star

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Full Frame X-ray CCD camera

The X-ray Image Star camera range consists of a large area full frame CCD sensor coupled to large area tapered fibre optic up to 190mm diameter.

The large area high quantum efficiency CCD sensor enables low demagnification taper and optimum sensitivity for flux hungry applications such as in small molecule and protein crystallography.
Genuine 16 bit dynamic range is achieved with read out cycle of 2.5 to 3.5 seconds depending on binning. The camera will be offered with fast X-ray shuttering function.

Air or water cooling can be chosen at the time of order depending on experimental set up / noise requirements. The camera can be tiled for extending geometry up to 232 x 116 mm for large area coverage up to 270 x 270mm for the largest format available.

The camera will achieve near single photon counting sensitivity when a 1:1 coupling and binning are used, this is particularly useful for SAXS / WAXS as well as other low energy application requiring in vacuum operation.

Photonic Science Ltd selects premium grade CCD sensors and fibre optic bundles:

  • Small pixel size less < 75 microns pixel size at the detector input
  • Large area CCD
  • High resolution megapixel resolution
  • Very high sensitivity
  • 1 and 8 MHz scanning frequencies
  • Very low readout noise < 10 electrons
  • Very low dark noise allowing extended exposures for sub microfocus sources
  • Large dynamic range with 16-bit digitisation
  • Medium to large area sensor with taper input varying 25 mm up to 165 mm diagonal
  • GdOS polycrystalline or structured CsI scintillators
  • USB 2.0 digital interface
  • Low profile electronics

X-ray 4 megapixel Full Frame CCD camera

  • 2084 (h) x 2084 (v) CCD array
  • Semi transparent electrodes allowing high quantum efficiency and very high sensitivity 
  • Input pixel size:  available from 24 x 24 – 48 x 48 – 75 x 75 microns
  • Input size: available from 50 x 50 mm – 100 x 100 mm, 165 mm full diameter respectively
  • 0.4 fps at full resolution @ 2 MHz
  • Readout noise: 7-9 electrons @ 2 MHz with interpolation noise reduction
  • Full well capacity: 150,000 electrons in binning 1x1, 1,000,000 electrons in binning 2x2
  • 16-bit dynamic range
  • GdOS:Tb scintillator for operation from 5-55 keV with minimum feature recognition of 10lp/mm: typically 15 microns for the smallest input size up to 100 microns for the largest input size.
  • CsI:Tl structured scintillator for operation from 30-100 keV 
  • USB 2.0 interface
  • Synchronisation / control: via TTL pulse

X-ray Full Frame 9 megapixel CCD camera

  • 3056 (h) x 3056 (v) CCD array
  • Input pixel size:  available from 4 x 4 – 12 x 12 – 24 x 24 and 40.5 x 40.5 microns
  • 12.2 x 12.2 mm – 37.6 x 37.6 mm – 75.2 x 75.2 mm and 135 mm full diameter respectively
  • 0.5 fps at full resolution @ 8 MHz
  • Readout noise: 6-8 electrons @ 8 MHz with interpolation noise reduction
  • Full well capacity: 100,000 electrons in binning 1x1 – 200,000 electrons in binning 2x2
  • 16-bit extended dynamic range
  • GdOS:Tb scintillator for operation from 5-55 keV with minimum feature recognition of 10lp/mm: typically 12 microns for the smallest input size up to 75 microns for the largest input size.
  • CsI:Tl structured scintillator for operation from 30-100 keV
  • USB 2.0 interface
  • Synchronisation / control: via TTL pulse
  • Microdiffraction
  • X-ray imaging
  • X-ray micro CT
  • Laue imaging
  • Protein crystallography at up to 50 keV
  • Gisaxs
  • Powder diffraction
  • Non destructive testing
  • Phase contrast imaging
  • Small animal imaging
  • Small angle X-ray scattering