| Description | Andor’s TuCam is a new generation two-camera adapter for macro or microscopic imaging applications. Available in C- or CSUX-mount, TuCam features include large aperture, exceptional transmission, very low distortion and high precision alignment using kinematic cassettes.
Andor’s TuCam is a new generation two-camera adapter for macro or microscopic imaging applications. Available in C- or CSUX-mount, TuCam features include large aperture, exceptional transmission, very low distortion and high precision alignment using kinematic cassettes.
- Largest aperture
- High quality achromatic lenses
- Highest transmission
- Very low distortion
Bypass mode. Andor’s TuCam is a new generation two-camera adapter for macro or microscopic imaging applications. Available in C- or CSUX-mount, TuCam features include large aperture, exceptional transmission, very low distortion and high precision alignment using kinematic cassettes.
TuCam can be configured for simultaneous imaging from two similar cameras or as a switch between camera models with different imaging capabilities.
A full range of beam splitting optics are available with custom-designed kinematic cassettes for precision alignment. These include wavelength and polarization splitters of the highest quality as well as a first surface mirror for switching between cameras.
A variety of camera tubes & lenses is available to provide magnifications of 1.0x, 1.2x, 1.5x and 2.0x in each arm of the adapter. A filter wheel can also be integrated at the input of TuCam to enable pre-filtering of the desired emission band.... Read More | Balor is Andor’s game-changing, very large area sCMOS camera platform for Astronomy, the perfect solution for Large Sky Surveys that measure photometric and astrometric variability across timescales ranging from milliseconds to tens of seconds. | Marana-X is Andor’s ground breaking sCMOS platform tailored to EUV and soft X-ray applications. Hand crafted to deliver market leading performance and versatility Marana-X reads out a 4.2 Megapixel high resolution array in less than 50 milliseconds while maintaining very low read noise. | ZL41 Cell is a new addition to the Zyla sCMOS series, designed specifically for life science researchers. It offers exceptional imaging flexibility, value, and compatibility. ZL41 Cell 4.2 is an upgrade from the Zyla 4.2 PLUS, delivering up to 82% QEmax and sub-electron read noise, making it ideal ZL41 Cell is a new addition to the Zyla sCMOS series, designed specifically for life science researchers. It offers exceptional imaging flexibility, value, and compatibility. ZL41 Cell 4.2 is an upgrade from the Zyla 4.2 PLUS, delivering up to 82% QEmax and sub-electron read noise, making it ideal for applications that require optimal sensitivity and speed.
ZL41 Cell 5.5 replaces the Zyla 5.5 and offers a 22 mm format sensor with 64% QE. It has a Global Shutter mode that is perfect for snapshot imaging of fast-moving objects without temporal distortion. The camera also features SRRF-Stream+, LightScan PLUS, and FCS Mode, making it a versatile and cost-effective solution for life science imaging.
GPU Express simplifies and optimises data transfer from the camera, making it ideal for data-intensive imaging experiments. The Camera Link version offers up to a blistering 100 fps, while the USB 3.0 interface offers 53 fps with the industry's fastest Region of Interest (ROI) frame rates. The camera offers industry-leading linearity (99.8%) for unparalleled quantitative accuracy of measurement across the full dynamic range.
Finally, the all-new sensor chamber design provides greater robustness and longevity, with a 3-year chamber integrity warranty. The ZL41 Cell models share software compatibility with the previous editions of Zyla 4.2P and 5.5 models.
Features:
- Up to 82% QE - Highest and broadest available sCMOS QE. Optimized to a wide range of common fluorophores. Enables shorter exposures, faster frame rates and reduced photobleaching.
- 0.9 e- read noise - Lowest read noise sCMOS. Significantly lower than any CCD.
- Industry Fastest Frame Rates - Follow faster processes. Industry-fastest USB 3.0 frame rates, 53 fps (full frame). 100 fps (full frame) sustained via Camera Link.
- 4.2 and 5.5 megapixel sensor formats and 6.5 µm pixels - Delivers extremely sharp resolution for modern microscopes with C-mount ports.
- SRRF-Stream+ - Super Resolution made cost effective, flexible and easy. New ZL41 Cell 4.2 compatible with our real-time Super-resolution Technology.
- LightScan PLUS - Reduce background and improve contrast and resolution in scattering samples. Designed to allow users to optimise signal strength and confocality concurrently in applications such as Scanned Light Sheet Microscopy and Line Scanning Confocal Microscopy.
- FCS Mode - Obtain the fastest speeds from minimal height ROIs configured for Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy experiments.
- GPU Express - Simplify and optimize data transfers from camera to a CUDA-enabled NVidia Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) card to facilitate accelerated GPU processing as part of the acquisition pipeline.
- Compatible - Maintains compatibility with previous Zyla series with no changes at EEPROM level.
- Robust - New mechanical design for greater longevity and sensor protection. 3 years warranty on sensor chamber integrity.
- Ultra - Low Fan Vibration - Designed with vibration sensitive experiments in mind, such as super-resolution microscopy.
- Dual-Gain Amplifiers - Maximum well depth and lowest noise simultaneously, affording extended dynamic range of 33,000:1
- 12-bit and 16-bit modes - 12-bit for absolute fastest frame rates through USB 3.0; 16-bit for full dynamic range.
- Extensive FPGA on-head data processing - Essential to ensure best image quality and quantitative fidelity from sCMOS technology.
- Hardware Timestamp - FPGA generated timestamp with 25ns accuracy.
- Dynamic Baseline Clamp - Essential to ensure quantitative accuracy across the image area and between successive images of a kinetic series.
- Python Ready - Take control with our new python integrated SDK. Ideal for custom system integrations.
- Water Cooled Option - Option for vibration sensitive applications. Available under request.
... Read More | ZL41 Wave is the next generation in the highly successful Zyla sCMOS series, specifically for physical science and astronomy researchers. Superb imaging and spectroscopic flexibility, compactness for tight optical spaces, extensive software compatibility and exceptional price/performance value.
ZL41 Wave is the next generation in the highly successful Zyla sCMOS series, specifically for physical science and astronomy researchers. Superb imaging and spectroscopic flexibility, compactness for tight optical spaces, extensive software compatibility and exceptional price/performance value.
Andor’s ZL41 Wave physical sciences sCMOS camera platform delivers sheer excellence in speed, sensitivity, dynamic range and resolution, with comprehensive imaging and spectroscopy functionalities. Building upon the strengths of the original Zyla sCMOS series, the cost-effective, compact, thermoelectrically cooled design of ZL41 Wave benefits from a reengineered and enhanced sensor chamber and is supported within a wide range of physical science software environments, integrating perfectly into any optical laboratory or observatory setting.
ZL41 Wave 4.2 provides exceptional sensitivity from a combination of 82% QE and very low 0.9 e- read noise from a 4.2 Megapixel sensor. Ideal for pushing frame rates in light starved applications within astronomy, quantum imaging, quantum computing, spectroscopy and 3D-tomography fields.
ZL41 Wave 5.5 is an ideal workhorse camera, a highly cost-effective and flexible solution that delivers a superior field of view from a 5.5 Megapixel sensor. Furthermore, this camera offers 2-in-1 rolling and true global shutter functionality. Global shutter is key to techniques such as particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) and astronomical object tracking.
ZL41 Wave sCMOS Features:
- NEW 32-bit binning mode - Access huge dynamic range through extensive pixel binning. User-selectable data bit-depth up to 32-bit, transmitted upstream over the camera interface.
- Spectroscopy mode - On-head asymmetric pixel binning and multitrack. Spectroscopist-friendly spectra and multi-track data, prior to transfer through 10-tap or USB interface. Upstream data size reduction and easier user data processing.
- Fast Spectroscopy: Up to 27,000 spectra/sec - Study of transient spectral phenomena with sub-millisecond time resolution.
- PIV capability (ZL41 Wave 5.5) - Perfect for fluid dynamics, Global Shutter mode of ZL41 Wave 5.5 facilitating image pair acqusition with an inter-frame gap of down to 100 ns.
- NEW Operate down to -20°C ambient temp - Ideal for use at higher elevation observatories under cold conditions.
- ZERO etaloning in the NIR - Front-illuminated sensor architecture, no unwanted signal modulation in the NIR compared to back-illuminated devices.
- GPU Express - Simplify and optimize data transfer from the camera - ideal for today's data intensive imaging experiments. Leverage CUDA-enabled NVidia GPU processing to accelerate the data acquisition pipeline.
- Linux, Windows, Labview and Matlab ready - Full and flexible SDK options for a wide variety of physical science laboratory and observatory uses.
- NEW Python ready - Python wrapper integration and full supporting documentation in latest camera SDK helps integration and full control of custom-build systems.
- NEW ASCOM, EPICS and Tango ready - Supported in open source software platforms. ASCOM astronomy instrument control standard; EPICS and Tango Lima are used for hardware control at a number of particle accelerators and large scientific instruments facilities worldwide.
- NEW Enhanced image quality - Updated QC processes ensure every ZL41 Wave delivers optimal image quality. Ultra-low Photon Response Non-Uniformity (PRNU) for clear, uniform images.
- NEW Enhanced sensor chamber - An updated sensor chamber provides even greater long-term protection from condensation in high humidity environments (3 year chamber warranty).
- 5.5 and 4.2 megapixel formats - Sharp resolution over a large field of view. Ideal for astronomy, area scanning applications or multi-track spectroscopy.
- QEmax up to 82% - Highest available photon capture efficiency across visible/NIR.
- ~ 1 e- Read Noise - Noise floor down to 0.9e- Lower detection limit than any CCD.
- 100 fps (Camera Link) - Zyla offers ‘10-tap’ Camera Link for maximum sustained frame rates.
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