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InGaAs short wave infrared (SWIR) camera used for screening solar panels. Detects voids cracks and dead areas through sliced / bulk silicon. Captures faint
electroluminescence and photoluminescence emissions from individual
photovoltaic cells.
Extended
SWIR detector response allows spectroscopic analysis up to 2.2 micron
wavelength.
Turnkey Digital Laue detector allows high throughput crystal characterisation within an hour from unpacking.
The camera allows unique back scattered geometry collection and ultimate alignment accuracy down to 0.3 degree.
Efficient beam delivery on sample enables near real time diffraction pattern recording.
Combined with motorised sample rotation, the system brings simpler and more flexible crystal orientation routines.
The acquisition software delivers ready to be indexed digital images from PC, to Linux remote controlled machines.
Existing Laue set ups can be upgraded with turnkey solutions including : beam delivery X-ray source, collimators, goniometer / sample holder and system installation / integration.
This solution is also ideal for replacing film-based Laue systems for industrial applications; for example monitoring for imperfections in high performance turbine blades made from single crystal advanced alloys.” To avoid poor creep resistance and failure of blades at high temperature.
The X-ray miniFDI allows high resolution beam characterization down to less than 10 microns resolution and 0.5 % accuracy in terms of signal to noise ratio.
The camera offers 8.9x 6.7mm active area. A custom scintillator is deposited onto the camera in order to allow operation from 100 eV up to 100 keV.
The camera delivers up to 13 fps at full resolution or >40 fps in binning 2x2 allowing real time beam monitoring routine.
A built in shutter allows smear free, shutterless acquisition even with exposure time down to micro second range.
Higher frame rate in excess of 100fps can be achieved when used in local sub area mode or line scan mode.
High resolution beam analysis is carried via a remote GUI interface thanks to device server driver control.
The cameras have a 16-bit acquisition mode and a fast 12-bit readout mode. Near single photon counting sensitivity can be achieved in binning mode.
For gated applications, intensified version also available, quotation on request.
PSL delivers a new generation of complete X-ray CCD systems for home lab and synchrotron facilities.
These cameras are routinely used for highly demanding imaging applications such as Nano/Micro CT, Phase Contrast Diffraction, Enhanced and Coherent Diffraction.
The VHR camera is available with input sizes ranging from 18 mm x 12 mm with 3.7 micron pixel size up to 132mm x 104mm with 21.4 micron pixel size.
Single crystal and structured scintillator design allows to cope with both low and high energy operations without compromising on resolution.
GigE or Camera link interfaces will enable a fast data transfer to PC whilst maintaining 100% continuous duty cycle acquisition. Full software development kit/socket/SPEC drivers provided as standard.
Poly / Mono capillary and Doubly Curved Crystal X-ray optics
XOS and Photonic Science sign a European agency agreement covering the supply of X-ray optic / monochomator and integrated XBEAM microfocus sources to laboratories / synchrotrons / OEMs wishing to upgrade their current set up.
Polycapillary X-ray opticsallows faster and more flexible data collection routines over 100eV up to 40keV energy range. Thanks to high solid angle capture (few degrees) / optimised beam size (10m up to 10mm) / output focal range combination (2-500mm).Over 1000 fold flux density gain (versus pinhole aperture) can be obtained depending on 2D point to point or point to parallel geometry used.
High spectral resolution / high sensitivity (down to ppb) requirements can be met using a doubly curved crystals instead of polycapillary X-ray optics.
High resolution Laue Neutron & X-ray imaging system — the dual camera system allows a digital backscattered Laue diffraction pattern to be recorded, with a resolution of 2080x1392 pixels and 12-bit digitisation at 10MHz. The X-ray beam passes through the camera in a straight lead lined tube of 16mm diameter, to protect the camera system from scattered X-rays.
The image areas allow some overlap to permit image stitching and provide a single continuous image with an input dimension of 156mm x 104.4mm. The system is supplied in a unified housing with mounting plate. The x-ray scintillator screen is GdOS:Tb 0.1mm thick with a peak emission at 550nm to match peak QE response of the CCD. Other scintillators are available to order.
The input scintillator is covered by a thin aluminium light exclusion window. The camera features a variety of functions such as binning, sub area readout and 16 bit acquisition mode, which apply to the single combined image.
The instrument records a series of radiographs for different angular
positions of bone, foams, composite, polymers down to sub micron resolution.
Continuous rotation allows acquisition of a full data set within minutes
and 3D reconstruction to be performed on the fly thanks to massively parallel
calculation on multi GPU machines.
Phase contrast edge enhancement technique can also be used for refining 3D tomographic reconstructions.