Sona sCMOS Now Even Faster and More Sensitive Key Specifications Sensitive: 95% peak QE Fast: up to 135 fps Productive: up to 32 mm field of view Accurate: >99.7% linearity Protected: UltraVacTM sensor enclosure Longevity: 5-year vacuum warranty Developmental biology Neuroimaging Super-resolution Transcriptomics Intracellular trafficking Plasma membrane studies

Introduction | Sona-6 Extreme | Sona-11 | Super-Resolution | Specifications | Ordering Introducing Sona The most sensitive back-illuminated sCMOS Cameras Sona is Andor’s high performance, vacuum-cooled sCMOS camera platform, specifically for fluorescence microscopy. It has been designed from the ground up to extract the very best performance from the latest back-illuminated sCMOS sensors with 95% quantum efficiency. Extended QE Response Back-illuminated sCMOS for highest possible photon collection. Capture every photon! Permanent Vacuum Seal Technology The only backilluminated sCMOS with permanent...

Introduction | Sona-6 Extreme | Sona-11 | Super-Resolution | Specifications | Ordering Sona-6 Extreme: Extreme Sensitivity& Speed Sona-6 Extreme features a back-illuminated sensor with 95% QE and a 6.5 μm pixel size. This sensor format provides a perfect balance of sensitivity, speed, and resolution. Exceptionally flexible, and ideally suited to 40x and 60x magnification and today’s microscope port sizes.Compatible with SRRF-Stream+ Super-resolution. Summary Model Sensor Size Pixel Size Quantum Efficiency Read Noise 1.0 e- (Low Noise, 12-bit) 1.6 e- (High Dynamic Range, 16-bit) 1.9 e- (High Speed,...

Introduction | Sona-6 Extreme | Sona-11 | Super-Resolution | Specifications | Ordering Sona-11: For the Widest Field of View Sona-11 has the biggest sensor on the market with a full 32 mm sensor diagonal! Andor’s unique technology usefully accesses the entire 2048 x 2048 array offering 62% larger field of view than competing back-illuminated cameras. The 95% QE and larger pixel size of 11 µm provides optimal photon collection, for the most light-starved applications. Study structures and processes within the cell in perfect resolution using techniques such as confocal, TIRF and Single Molecule...

Introduction | Sona-6 Extreme | Sona-11 | Super-Resolution | Specifications | Ordering Super-Resolution Ready SRRF-STREAM+ Want to enable fast and easy super-resolution down to 100 nm? Our exclusive camera-based technology enables superresolution microscopy on conventional modern fluorescence microscopes in real-time. SRRF (Super-Resolution Radial Fluctuations), is a highly effective approach to super-resolution developed by the Henriques research group (Gustafsson et al., 2016). Andor’s unique and exclusive implementation of SRRF-Stream+ allows camera-based real-time superresolution with low...

Introduction | Sona-6 Extreme | Sona-11 | Super-Resolution | Specifications | Ordering Technical Data Pixel Size Image Area Quantum Efficiency Sensor operating temperature•4 Air cooled Water/liquid cooled Dark Current Air cooled (@-25°C ) Water/liquid cooled (@ -45°C) Active area pixel well depth Dynamic Range Data Range Pixel Binning (on FPGA) O: Fire Row 1, Fire Row n, Fire All, Fire Any, Arm, I: External Internal, External, External Start, External Exposure, Software Trigger Modes Software Exposure Events•6 Start exposure - End exposure (row 1), Start exposure - End exposure (row n) Image...

Introduction | Sona-6 Extreme | Sona-11 | Super-Resolution | Specifications | Ordering Technical Data Frame Rates Max Frame Rate (fps) Mechanical Drawings Dimensions in mm [inches] (shown for C-mount) 12-bit 12-bit 16-bit (Fast Speed) (Fast Speed) Note: frame rates do not differ if partial or full rows are selected. Sona-6 Extreme Max Frame Rate (fps) ROI Size (W x H) High Dynamic range Mode (16-bit) USB High Speed Mode (11-bit) USB Note: Support feet are recommended for mounting on microscope side ports. Adjustable support feet. Standard optical height 110 mm, TR-IXONMNT-110. Note: CoaXPress...

Introduction | Sona-6 Extreme | Sona-11 | Super-Resolution | Specifications | Ordering Creating the Optimum Product for you Step 1. Camera Type Choose the camera type Sona-11 (32 mm): 4.2 Megapixel Back-illuminated sCMOS, 11 µm pixel, 95% QE, 48 fps, USB 3.0, F-mount*, SRRF-Stream+ ready Sona -11 (22 mm): 2.0 Megapixel Back Illuminated sCMOS, 11 µm pixel, 95% QE, 70 fps, USB 3.0, C-mount, SRRF-Stream+ ready Sona-6 Extreme: 4.2 Megapixel Back Illuminated sCMOS, 6.5 µm pixel, 95% QE, 43 fps, USB 3.0, C-mount, SRRF-Stream+ ready Sona-6 Extreme: 4.2 Megapixel Back Illuminated sCMOS, 6.5 µm pixel,...

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