Evolve™ 512 EMCCD Camera for Low-Light Life Sciences Imaging
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Description
The Evolve™ 512 EMCCD camera represents a pinnacle of innovation in the field of life sciences imaging, offering unmatched performance for researchers requiring precise and sensitive detection capabilities. Designed with a 512 x 512 imaging array and 16 x 16-μm pixels, this camera is engineered to deliver the highest level of sensitivity and accuracy, even in the most challenging low-light conditions. Its small form factor does not compromise on power, making it the most powerful scientific EMCCD camera available on the market today.
Renowned for its advanced feature set, the Evolve™ 512 is tailored for sophisticated research environments and multi-user laboratories. It boasts the lowest dark current and read noise available for an EMCCD camera, ensuring that even the faintest signals are captured with exceptional clarity. This camera is ideal for a range of complex applications, including quantitative FRET, multiprobe experiments, and live-cell fluorescence imaging, where precision and reliability are paramount.
At the core of the Evolve™ 512's superior performance is its superb electron multiplication (EM) gain and bias stability, alongside the most accurate EM calibration technique in the industry. This ensures that users can achieve consistent, quantitative data with every use. Additionally, the camera is available with exclusive eXcelon™ technology, enhancing its capabilities further. Supported by Photometrics' dedicated worldwide support team, the Evolve™ 512 offers researchers peace of mind, knowing they have access to expert assistance whenever needed.
Evolve™ 512 EMCCD Camera for Low-Light Life Sciences Imaging
Specifications |
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| Sensor Type: | EMCCD |
| # Pixels (Width): | 512 |
| # Pixels (Height): | 512 |
| Pixel Size (Square): | 16 um |
| Peak Quantum Efficiency: | 97 % |
| Full Frame Rate: | 33.7 fps |
| Bit Depth: | 16 bit |
Features
- ific EMCCD Camera: Designed for advanced low-light applications
- Lowest Dark Current and Read Noise: Exceptional for EMCCD cameras
- Ideal for Sophisticated Researchers and Multi-user Labs: Advanced feature set supports complex experiments
- Superb Electron Multiplication (EM) Gain and Bias Stability: Ensures consistent and reliable performance
- Most Accurate EM Calibration Technique: Industry-leading precision
- Exclusive eXcelon™ Technology: Optional feature for enhanced performance
- Worldwide Support: Backed by Photometrics’ global support team
- EM Gain: Provides very high sensitivity through a low-noise, impact-ionization process
- Back-illuminated EMCCD: CCD97 or CCD97-X with >90% peak quantum efficiency
- Intelligent FPGA Design: Ensures precise linearization of EM gain and consistent quantitative data
- PAR Feedback System: Delivers unsurpassed EM gain stability for outstanding signal fidelity
- ACE Technology: Advanced Clocking Enhancement for the lowest noise floor
- 10-MHz Readout: Excellent for high-speed image visualization
- 5- and 1-MHz Readout: Perfect for high-precision photometry
- Dual Amplifiers: Software-selectable readout modes for optimized performance
- 16-bit Digitization: Allows detection of both bright and dim signals in the same image
- Frame-transfer EMCCD: 100% duty cycle for continuous data collection without a mechanical shutter
- C-mount: Easily attaches to microscopes, lenses, or optical equipment
Applications
- Quantitative FRET Imaging: Provides accurate fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements under low-light conditions.
- Multiprobe Experiments: Supports simultaneous multi-fluorophore detection with high sensitivity and speed.
- Ratiometric Ion Imaging: Enables precise ion concentration measurements for physiological studies.
- Confocal Microscopy: Enhances low-light confocal imaging with minimal noise and high EM gain stability.
- Live-Cell Fluorescence Imaging: Ideal for dynamic cellular imaging with real-time focus integration.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Evolve 512 EMCCD camera features a 512 x 512 imaging array with 16 x 16-μm pixels, the most advanced feature set available for low-light applications, the lowest dark current and read noise available for an EMCCD camera, and superb electron multiplication (EM) gain and bias stability.
The primary applications of the Evolve 512 EMCCD camera include quantitative FRET, multiprobe experiments, ratiometric ion imaging, confocal microscopy, and live-cell fluorescence imaging.
The eXcelon technology is a patent-pending Photometrics technology that enhances quantum efficiency in blue and near IR wavelengths and provides anti-etaloning in near IR wavelengths.
The read noise of the Evolve 512 EMCCD camera is 45e- at 10 MHz EM port, 32e- at 5 MHz EM port, 12e- at 5 MHz non-EM port, and 6e- at 1.25 MHz non-EM port.
The Photometrics Evolve 512 is a deep-cooled, back-thinned EMCCD camera designed specifically for low-light-level bio-imaging applications.