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  • Flexible Electronic Architecture Extends Utility of Scientific Cameras

    Ultimately, the true worth of a scientific camera is determined by its ability to flexibly meet the performance requirements deemed most useful by a given researcher. As many disciplines have continued to evolve over recent years to encompass more varied investigatory techniques, sets of critical requirements have also expanded.

  • Utilizing Fiberoptics for Indirect Detection of X-rays

    Quite often, users of indirect-detection systems assume that the camera manufacturer has carefully selected the ideal combination of sensor, fiberoptic (faceplate/taper) and phosphor to preserve image quality. Unfortunately, each application requires different parameters, and it is difficult for a manufacturer to know every requirement.

  • Utilizing Phosphors for Indirect Detection of X-rays

    In indirect-detection cameras, incoming x-rays are absorbed in a polycrystalline or crystalline phosphor. The visible light emitted from this phosphor is channeled through a coherent fiberoptic bundle and subsequently detected by a camera, typically a back-illuminated or front-illuminated CCD camera.

  • Imaging of Shock-Induced Deformation in Condensed Matter

    Understanding the response of materials under the rapidly evolving extreme conditions induced by shock-compression is of great relevance to many industries whose work involves high-strain-rate phenomena, such as aerospace design, advanced materials processing and mining, renewable energy research, and defense technology.

  • <500 Picosecond Gating Augments Studies of Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets

    Non-thermal ‘atmospheric pressure plasma jets’ (APPJs) hold great promise for innovative applications in material processing and biomedicine/healthcare because of their ability to generate plasmas that are not confined between electrodes1. Produced using one of several different experimental setups (e.g., a number of jet configurations are based on dielectric barrier discharge, or DBD), fed with pure rare gases (helium, neon, or argon), and excited by pulsed high voltages, all non-thermal APPJs exhibit a unique feature: they are not continuous media but actually consist of ‘plasma bullets’ traveling at high velocity in ambient air1.

  • Microspectroscopy for Studying the Surfaces of Individual Nanoparticles

    Dr. András Deák’s research focusses on understanding the physics behind how molecules interact and attach to nanoparticle surfaces. Many applications rely on introduced molecules attaching to the surface of a nanoparticle in a predetermined way.

  • Real-Space and Fourier Imaging and Spectroscopy of NIR Emission from SWCNTs

    The group of Prof. Jana Zaumseil at Heidelberg University in Germany investigates novel semiconducting materials with focus on charge transport and application in optoelectronic devices.

  • Scientific Cameras for Ultra-Low-Light Imaging in Quantum Research

    Quantum theory seeks to explain the nature and behavior of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic levels. Quantum research aims to manipulate the state of this matter and energy to achieve accurate, measurable, and repeatable results, thereby improving the understanding of such phenomena.

  • Deep-Cooled InGaAs FPA Camera Enables High-Speed, High-Resolution In Vivo Imaging of SWIR-Emitting Quantum Dots

    Working in the shortwave-infrared (SWIR) region of the spectrum affords researchers several advantages, including the abilities to circumvent unwanted fluorescence backgrounds and to probe more deeply into sample surfaces.

  • High-Accuracy LIBS with Picosecond Time Resolution

    Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is considered one of the most convenient and efficient analytical techniques for trace elemental analysis in gases, solids, and liquids.

  • Scientific NIR-II / SWIR Cameras for Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy Applications

    For decades, x-ray and UV-vis-NIR detection methods have been used in various scientific, military, medical, and industrial applications.

  • TERS Imaging Resolves Individual Molecular Vibrational Modes

    The Surface and Interface Science Laboratory at the Japanese RIKEN institute lead by Chief Scientist Yousoo Kim conducts research on surfaces and interfaces at the nanoscale, down to the level of single atoms and molecules. Optical techniques such as Raman spectroscopy are an invaluable tool for investigating these surfaces and new materials in general.