New ultra-high speed CCD camera achieves sub-electron read noise using on-chip multiplication gain (EMCCD) technology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5580, Issue , 2005, Pages 905-912

  Guntupalli, Ravi ^a   Hagan, Vern ^b   Cooper, Andrew ^b   Simpson, Ray ^a  

^a Princeton Instruments (a Div of Roper Scientific Inc)   (United States)

^b Photometrics   (United States)

Author keywords

CCD; CCD60; EMCCD; Frame transfer CCD; Impact ionization; Impactron; L3CCD; On chip multiplication

Indexed keywords

CCD60; EMCCD; FRAME TRANSFER CCD; IMPACTRON; L3CCD; ON-CHIP MULTIPLICATION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; GAIN CONTROL; HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; IMPACT IONIZATION; LIGHTING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

HIGH SPEED CAMERAS;

EID: 23244460386     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.602558     Document Type: Conference Paper

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