Next-generation, performance-enhancing EMCCD technology
A primer on eXcelon™ 3 technology
Until now, researchers whose applications require low-light broadband photon detection had but one choice when utilizing an EMCCD camera, that is, standard thinned back-illuminated technology. Although such EMCCD cameras are capable of delivering extremely high sensitivity, their performance is nonetheless compromised to a certain extent by the limitations described in the preceding section. Recently, Princeton Instruments developed EMCCDs (and associated cameras) that minimize and even eliminate some of these hindrances.
While the precise details regarding this new technology are beyond the scope of this primer and cannot be revealed for intellectual property reasons, the benefits of eXcelon3 can be explained
via comparative measurements.
New eXcelon3 sensors are based on a custom back-illuminated architecture and provide three significant advantages over other EMCCD technologies.