PRODUCT PORTFOLIO 2013
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PRODUCT PORTFOLIO

PUSHING DETECTION BOUNDARIES FROM PARTICLES TO GALAXIES

FOUNDED IN 1989, WE ARE A GLOBAL LEADER IN PIONEERING AND MANUFACTURING HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIGHT-MEASURING SOLUTIONS. OUR PRODUCTS ENABLE THE MEASUREMENT OF LIGHT DOWN TO A SINGLE PHOTON, AND CAPTURE EVENTS OCCURRING WITHIN ONE BILLIONTH OF A SECOND.

MUCH HAS CHANGED SINCE WE DEVELOPED THE WORLD’S FIRST NON-CONTROLLER-BASED SCIENTIFIC CAMERA IN 1989. WE NOW HAVE 340 PEOPLE IN 16 OFFICES WORLDWIDE, DISTRIBUTING PRODUCTS TO OVER 10,000 CUSTOMERS IN 55 COUNTRIES. BUT WE ARE STILL INNOVATING. WE WANT TO KEEP TAKING OUR INDUSTRY FURTHER, TO EXCEED THE LIMITS OF LIGHT-MEASUREMENT BY DEVELOPING THE HIGHEST-PERFORMING TECHNOLOGY POSSIBLE. Our product range includes the world’s most advanced and versatile CCD and ICCD detectors, and in recent years we have pushed the boundaries of working in low light by pioneering electron multiplying CCD...

PROGRESS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO EVERYTHING ANDOR DOES. OUR COMPANY’S STORY IS CENTRAL TO THE HISTORY OF OUR ENTIRE INDUSTRY. Move to new 4,500 m2 factory The formation of Andor Technology at Queen’s University Dept. of Physics Development of Solis scientific software Launch of vacuum sealed, thermoelectrically cooled, -90ºC CCD Opening of class 1,000 cleanroom Acquisition of Photonic Instruments Inc. Acquisition of Spectral Applied Research Inc. Acquisition of Apogee Imaging Systems Mechelle, Echelle Spectrograph InstaSpec II & III (Silicon PDAs) InstaSpec V, Intensified Spectroscopy CCD...

OUR PORTFOLIO OF OVER 80 PRODUCTS ENHANCES SCIENTISTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF FIELDS AS DIVERSE AS DRUG DISCOVERY, ASTRONOMY, MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS, MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION AND CANCER RESEARCH. Andor pioneered EMCCD technology, and our iXon cameras are the best selling and highestperformance EMCCD products on the market. iXon revolutionised
cell analysis, allowing faster analysis at lower light-levels and speeds that were previously unobtainable. The iXon Ultra, now with a
60% speed boost, is the camera of choice in
the super-resolution microscopy field. This innovative camera benefits...

SCIENTIFIC CAMERA TECHNOLOGIES THE PRINCIPAL FORMS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE DIGITAL CAMERA INCLUDE: THE POPULAR CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICE (CCD) CAMERA THE ELECTRON MULTIPLYING CHARGE COUPLED DEVICE (EMCCD) CAMERA THE INTENSIFIED CCD CAMERA (ICCD) THE SCIENTIFIC CMOS (sCMOS) CAMERA For all CCD detectors, a silicon diode photosensor (called a pixel) is coupled to a charge storage region that is in turn connected to an amplifier that reads out the quantity of accumulated charge. Incident photons generate electronic charges, which are stored in the charge storage region. This storage charge can be...

ULTRA SENSITIVE IMAGING CAMERAS SPECIFICATIONS OVERVIEW TYPICAL APPLICATIONS QUANTUM EFFICIENCY CURVES SCIENTIFIC USER’S REFERENCES HIGH ENERGY DETECTION SPECIFICATIONS OVERVIEW TYPICAL APPLICATIONS QUANTUM EFFICIENCY CURVES SCIENTIFIC USER’S REFERENCES INTENSIFIED CAMERA SERIES SPECIFICATIONS OVERVIEW QUANTUM EFFICIENCY CURVES INTENSIFIER SPECIFICATIONS OVERVIEW INTENSIFIER QUANTUM EFFICIENCY CURVES TYPICAL APPLICATIONS SCIENTIFIC USER’S REFERENCES SPECTROSCOPY SOLUTIONS TYPICAL APPLICATIONS - CAMERAS SPECIFICATIONS OVERVIEW - CAMERAS QUANTUM EFFICIENCY CURVES SPECTROSCOPY SOLUTIONS -...

ULTRA SENSITIVE IMAGING CAMERAS

ULTRA SENSITIVE IMAGING CAMERAS Ultra Sensitive Imaging Cameras Andor manufactures an extensive portfolio of high performance ultra sensitive imaging cameras, each widely considered to be ‘best in class’. Andor’s Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD), scientific CMOS (sCMOS) and CCD imaging detectors are defined not only by superior sensitivity and speed, but also by an outstanding reputation for quality and reliability. The pioneers of single photon sensitive scientific EMCCD camera technology, Andor have consistently led this field with a solid track record of performance innovation. The...

ULTRA SENSITIVE IMAGING CAMERAS Ultra Sensitive Imaging Cameras iXon Ultra EMCCD The market leading back-illuminated EMCCD ...Supercharged! Imaging without compromise Facilitated by a fundamental redesign, the new iXon Ultra platform takes the popular back-illuminated 512 x 512 frame transfer sensor and overclocks readout to 17 MHz, pushing speed performance to an outstanding 56 fps (full frame), whilst maintaining quantitative stability throughout. The status of ‘Ultimate Sensitivity’ is also preserved in this model, offering thermoelectric cooling down to -100°C and industry-lowest clock...

ULTRA SENSITIVE IMAGING CAMERAS Ultra Sensitive Imaging Cameras Specifications Overview iXon Ultra 897 Pixel well depth (e-, typical) Maximum full frame rate (fps) Read noise (e-, typical) Vertical clock speeds (μs) Minimum sensor temp (°C) Pixel readout rates (MHz) Pixel well depth (e-, typical) Maximum full frame rate (fps) Read noise (e-, typical) Vertical clock speeds (μs) Minimum sensor temp (°C) Pixel readout rates (MHz) Camera Link Camera Link Camera Link LucaEM EMCCD EMCCD technology within everyone’s reach Andor’s LucaEM is a highly cost-effective yet powerful TE-cooled camera,...

ULTRA SENSITIVE IMAGING CAMERAS Ultra Sensitive Imaging Cameras Typical Applications Matrix iXon Ultra Zyla sCMOS Single Molecule Detection (SMD) Super-Resolution Microscopy Cell Motility / Ion Signalling Bioluminescence / Chemiluminescence Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) In-Vivo Imaging Adaptive Optics Lucky Astronomy Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) Spinning Disk Confocal Microscopy Live Cell Multi-Dimensional Microscopy Amateur Astronomy Photon Counting Biochip Reading Bose-Einstein Condensation (BEC) Neutron Radiography / Tomography Fluorescence Microscopy...

Quantum Efficiency Curves ULTRA SENSITIVE IMAGING CAMERAS Ultra Sensitive Imaging Cameras Scientific User’s References Structural relaxations in disordered solids below Tg: Study by thermal-cycling single-molecule spectroscopy Yu.G. Vainer etal., Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, Volume 357, Issue 2, Pages 466-471 Automatic Detection of Combed DNA S Hareli et al., Microscopy and Microanalysis, 16(Suppl. 2), pp 738-739 doi:10.1017/ S1431927610057065, (2010) Neurite elongation from Drosophila neural BG2-c6 cells stimulated by 20-hydroxyecdysone Makoto Tominaga et al., Neuroscience Letters...