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HIGH ENERGY DETECTIONZYLA HFMICHCTERRA HIGROHIGH ENERGY DETECTIONWE HAVE TAKEN OUR EXTENSIVE RANGE OFHIGH PERFORMANCE CAMERA PLATFORMS AND
OPTIMIZED THEM TO SUIT THE DETECTION OF
HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS, THUS MAINTAININGOUR LEAD IN THIS FIELD BY CONTINUALLYPUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF DETECTION. OUR
IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE BASE ENABLES US TOTAILOR SOLUTIONS FROM STANDARD FLANGESTO ‘ONE OFF’ BESPOKE SOLUTIONS, ALLDESIGNED AND BUILT WITH ANDOR QUALITYAND RELIABILITY TO DELIVER HIGH CAMERAPERFORMANCE AS STANDARD.

S Direct Detection
CamerasHIGH-ENERGYPHOTON DETECTIONENHANCED SPATIAL &ENERGY RESOLUTION

H Indirect Detection
Cameras

15In this configuration, the sensor isdirectly exposed to incoming radiation.
This ensures the highest Quantum
Efficiency with enhanced spatial andenergy resolution compared to indirect
detection or X-ray film detection
methods.

SO‘Open Fronted’Systems

SY‘Stand Alone’Systems

Suitable for High Energy
Detection through fiber-optic
coupling interface and use ofscintillator screen.

HF'Fiber Fronted'
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High Energy Detection

HIGH ENERGY DETECTION

DirectDetection
CamerasSO ‘Open Front’ Systems

Y ‘Stand Alone’ Systems

For interfacing directly to vacuum chambers

Incorporate visible photon input filter

iKon SO Systems
High energy imaging cameras
Andor’s iKon-M SO 934 and 4
megapixel iKon-L SO 936 CCD are
ideal systems to interface directly tovacuum chambers for X-ray detection.
The systems incorporate high-QE
back-illuminated sensor options,optimized for direct X-ray detection.

Features-100°C TE cooling

Cropped sensor mode for rapid data acquisition

Ultra low noise readout, multi-MHz
readout platform

Enhanced baseline clamp

Large area 2048 x 2048 pixel sensor oniKon-L 936
High dynamic range and resolution
Dual output on iKon-L 936 (high sensitivityor high capacity mode)

O-ring or knife-edge sealing

The ‘Stand Alone’ cameras offer ourindustry leading platforms in a visible
light filtered Ultravac permanent
vacuum package. These cameras havebeen designed to maximize the soft
X-ray detection without compromise
on our ground breaking platforms
performance. A flexible range of cameras
with direct USB 2.0 connectivity.

Features
Soft X-ray detection
High spatial resolution
200 µm Beryllium window to block visible and low
energy photons
UltraVac™ Technology
Single photon energy resolution
Deep Cooling -100°C

Deep Depletion option for enhanced hard
X-ray detection

Indirect variants available on request

Optional filter holder available
USB 2.0 plug and play connectivity

HIndirectDetection
CamerasNEW

Suitable for High Energy Detection throughfiber-optic coupling interface

Newton SO Systems
High energy Spectroscopy cameras
Andor’s spectroscopic Newton
920 and 940 CCD cameras are
ideal systems to interface on toVUV spectrographs. The systems
incorporate high-QE back-illuminatedsensor options, optimized for direct
X-ray detection.

Features-100°C TE cooling

Enhanced baseline clamp

Ultra low noise readout, multi-MHzreadout platform

O-ring or knife-edge sealing

High dynamic range and resolution
Dual output on 940 model(high sensitivity or high capacity mode)
Cropped sensor mode for rapid
data acquisition

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Deep Depletion option for enhanced hard
X-ray detection
Optional filter holder available
USB 2.0 plug and play connectivity

Andor's fiber optic fronted cameras
couple to scintillator screen modules
for hard X-ray detection. The iKon-L
HF allows access to a large field ofview, while the new Zyla HF offers thehighest resolution, fastest acquisition
rate platform.

Features
High frame rate, high resolution sCMOS options(Zyla sCMOS)
Single photon sensitivity even with highly
demanding tapers (iXon Ultra technologyavailable)

Large area coverage (via magnifying taper)
High dynamic range at high energy levels
Interfaces with imaging relay devices,e.g. streak modules

Custom relay tapers available on request
Range of scintillators / phosphors available
Detection coverage beyond the Hard X-ray region18

Specifications Overview

HIGH ENERGY DETECTION

High Energy Detection

Scientific User’s References
Optical control of hard X-ray polarization by electron injection in a laser wakefield accelerator
M Schnell, A Sävert et al – (2013) Nat Commun Vol 4 Article number:2421

2013

Tabletop Nanometer Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging in an Extended Reflection Mode using Coherent Fresnel Ptychography
Seaberg, M. D., Zhang, B., Gardner, D. F., Shanblatt, E. R., Murnane, M. M., Kapteyn, H. C., et al. (2013). Tabletop Nanometer Extreme
Ultraviolet Imaging in an Extended Reflection Mode using Coherent Fresnel Ptychography. arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.2049.
arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.2049, 2013, Seaberg, Zhang, Gardner, Shanblatt, Murnane, Kapteyn, Adams

2013

Full field tabletop EUV coherent diffractive imaging in a transmission geometry
Zhang, B., Seaberg, M. D., Adams, D. E., Gardner, D. F., Shanblatt, E. R., Shaw, J. M., et al. (2013) Optics express, 21(19), 21970-21980

2013

Compressive x-ray phase tomography based on the transport of intensity equation
L Tian, JC Petruccelli, Q Miao, H Kudrolli et al Optics Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 17, pp. 3418-3421

2013

L-Edge X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Dilute Systems Relevant to Metalloproteins Using an X-rayFree-Electron Laser
R Mitzner, J Rehanek, J Kern, et al - (2013) J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2013, 4 (21)pp 3641–3647

2013

iKon-M 934 [SO]iKon-L 936 [SO]

Newton 920 [SO]

Newton 940 [SO]Zyla 5.5 [HF]

Active pixels (H x V)

1024 x 1024

2048 x 2048

1024 x 255

2048 x 512

2560 x 2160

Pixel size (W x H; μm )13 x 1313.5 x 13.5

26 x 26

13.5 x 13.5

6.5 x 6.5

Sensor area (mm)13.3 x 13.3

27.6 x 27.6

26.6 x 6.7

27.6 x 6.9

16.6 x 14

Pixel well depth (e-, typical)

100,000

100,000500,000

100,000

30,000Maximum full frame rate (fps)

4.4

0.95

10

2.5

100

Quantum Efficiency Curves

Read noise (e-, typical*)

2.9 @ 50 kHz

2.9 @ 50 kHz

4 @ 50 kHz

3.5 @ 50 kHz

1.2 @ 200 MHz

Quantum Efficiency (QE) curves for high energy cameras

Dark current (e-, typical)

0.000120.000590.00010.00090.14

Vertical clock speeds (μs)

11 to 4438 to 76

12.9 to 154

14.5 to 58-100

Minimum sensor temperature (°C)

-100-100-100-100090

Digitization

16-bit16-bit16-bit16-bit12- and 16-bit

Pixel readout rates (MHz)5, 3, 1, 0.05

5, 3, 1, 0.05

3, 1, 0.05

3, 1, 0.05

200, 560 MHz

PC interface

USB 2.0

USB 2.0

USB 2.0

USB 2.0

Camera Link

Sensor options

BN, BR-DD

BN, BR-DD, FI

BN, BR-DD, FI

BN, FIFI

Wavelength (nm)
124

12.4

1.24

0.124

0.0124

BN [15 µm epitaxial)
BR-DD [40 µm epitaxial)
BN-DD [40 µm epitaxial)
FI [15 µm epitaxial)
FI-DD [40 µm epitaxial)

80
70* All values based on BN variation of sensor

Typical Applications Matrix

Quantum Efficiency (%)

6050403020DIRECT
DETECTION

S‘Open Front’O‘Stand Alone’

YINDIRECTDETECTION

H10‘Fiber-Optic’

F010iKon-M and L
Soft X-ray Imaging•Newton

SY Series•

HF Series

10000

100000

X-ray energy / eV•

X-ray Diffraction (XRD)••

X-ray Fluorescence (XRF)••

Plasma Diagnostics•••

Lithography EUV [UHV]

••

•

•

Crystallography•

X-ray Tomography / Tomography•Image Relay Systems (e.g. slit scanners, streak tubes)•191000•

Hard X-ray Imaging

Laser X Development100•••

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The following diagram can be used asa guide to Andor’s broad capabilities in
the area of high energy photon detection,
demonstrating our ability to adapt our various
high-performance camera platforms to meeta broad gamut of specific application andset-up requirements.

Many of the camera types represented
are available as standard products
but please use Andor’s Customer
Special Request (CSR) service to discuss
other options within this diagram.

Zyla sCMOS

S

Direct Detection Cameras

H Indirect Detection Cameras

O Open Front Systems
YStand Alone SystemsF

Fiber Optic Interface

iKon-M CCDS

HOF
iStar ICCDHIGH ENERGY DETECTION

High Energy Camera
Capabilities

HYO

YF

Newton CCD

iXon EMCCDHHSFOYOY

iKon-L CCD

HSO

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