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Princeton Instruments' PI-Max intensified CCD cameras have been the proven choice for hundreds of researchers all over the world, to enable them to get the results they require from their time-resolved spectroscopy experiments. Exclusive technologies have been incorporated over the years in order to make our customers experiments possible, thus enabling them to achieve the results they aspired. These fiber-optically coupled 16-bit ICCD cameras offer the widest array of CCD and intensifier combinations to deliver the highest sensitivity and precise gating.
No other manufacturer can match the knowledge and application know-how of Princeton Instruments.
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And now the best has just gotten better.
PI-MAX and PI-MAX2 camera systems are now offered with the proprietary UNIGEN™ II intensifiers for high-sensitivity from UV to NIR and and fast gate speeds. Read the press release.
PI-MAX2: 1003 cameras deliver high frame rate 5MHz/16-bit performance ideal for synchronizing with high repetition rate lasers.
Features and Benefits
- Gen III filmless intensifiers for > 50% QE and sub-nanosecond gate speeds
- Exclusive 5MHz/16-bit operation greater than 15 frames-per-second
- High-resolution Gen III filmless and Gen II super-blue intensifiers
- Exclusive Unigen II photocathode for highest sensitivity from deep UV to NIR
- Fiber optic coupling between CCD and intensifier for the highest light throughput
- Sub-nanosecond gating capability
- High-resolution 1Kx1K CCD with gated dual-image capability (two full resolution images in quick succession of 2µsec)
- MCP gating technology for fast gating (<9 nsec) without compromising the sensitivity
- Built-in, state-of the art programmable timing generator (PTG™) for precise synchronization with minimal insertion delay
- USB2.0 plug-n-play interface with optional fiber optic interface kit for remote operation
- Kinetics capability for ultra-high speed image/spectral acquisition
2D Fluorescence Excitation-Emission spectroscopy
The PI-MAX 1024RB detector serves as a powerful tool to identify and characterize chemical species in complex environments. It helps acquiring 2DF excitation-emission spectra to separate spectral features strongly overlapping in the conventional 1D Fluorescence spectra.
Recently a group of researchers from the School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia used PI's PI-MAX 1024RB ICCD detector to acquire data for a groundbreaking article [1] describing a new 2D Fluorescence (2DF) spectroscopic technique. Using the detector in conjunction with a SpectraPro 2356i imaging spectrometer, the researchers obtained 2DF spectrum of an electric discharge in a supersonic jet stream containing Ar with 0.1% benzene admixture. The technique allowed an intuitive visual analysis of the 2DF spectrum and allocation of overlapping and normally undetectable fluorescence bands. This simple approach has led to the discovery of a spectral signature of an unknown molecule in benzene discharge and has helped to evaluate its principal characteristics. It is worth noting that the publishable data was obtained one day after researchers received the PI-MAX detector from PI and installed it in their lab.
1. Neil J. Reilly, Timothy W. Schmidt, and Scott H. Kable, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2006, 110, 12335-12359.