X-ray CCD camera
PI-SX Princeton Instruments Acton

The advanced high-sensitivity, thermoelectrically or liquid nitrogen cooled of PI-SX camera system comes equipped with special back-illuminated CCDs without anti-reflection coating for direct imaging of very low energy X-rays (< 30 eV). The rotatable conflat flange design provides ultra-high vacuum hard metal seals with ability to align the CCD. When used with the software-programmable, high-capacity, or high-sensitivity amplifier, PI-SX effectively delivers X-ray photon counting capabilities with up to 16-bit dynamic range. The thermoelectrically cooled option provides maintenance-free operation, whereas the LN-cooled option provides extremely low dark current for long exposures.

Key Features and Benefits

* Direct Soft X-ray Imaging (<30 eV to ~ 10 keV)
* Back-illuminated CCD without AR coating
* 1340 x 1300 pixel CCD camera with 26.8 x 26.0 mm image
* X-ray photon counting capability
* Deep-vacuum open nose-interface (VON)
* Rotatable ConFlat® flange (6.0 and 4.5 inch) with hard vacuum seal for TE cooled cameras
* 6.0 inch rotatable Conflat® flange for liquid nitrogen cooled cameras
* High sensitivity, high dynamic range
* Thermo electric and liquid nitrogen cooling option
* USB2.0 plug-n-play interface with optional fiber optic data interface kit for remote operation