Exceptional Sensor Quantum Efficiency

Graph shows typical QE data measured at 25°C. QE decreases at normal operating temperatures. For the best results for your application, please discuss the specific parameters of your experiment with your sales representative.

For close to four decades, Princeton Instruments has produced iconic cameras, spectrometers, and software — advanced scientific tools utilized daily by leading researchers and Nobel laureates around the world. Now we’re pleased to introduce BLAZE spectroscopy CCD cameras. Thanks to revolutionary new sensors with up to 3x higher NIR sensitivity and low dark current, there are no better cameras than BLAZE for demanding applications. BLAZE gives you blazing spectral rates up to thousands of spectra per second. For low light applications, BLAZE delivers TRUE -100ºC cooling for ultra-low dark current, ideal for long exposures. We believe no other scientific low-light spectroscopy camera can match BLAZE’s performance and ease of use. With BLAZE, spectroscopy will never be the same!

BLAZE is sensitive. Two proprietary new sensors offer BLAZE users unrivaled performance for spectroscopy applications. HR-Sensors offer higher quantum efficiency in the NIR than any other spectroscopic devices. With our patented eXcelon process, HR-Sensors offer high quantum efficiency from visible to NIR, with QE above 90% at 450nm, 98% at 900nm and 75% at 1000nm. LD-Sensors, meanwhile, are back-illuminated, deep-depletion devices designed to minimize dark current. These CCDs are ideal for the long exposures required by low-light applications.

BLAZE is fast. ADC readout speeds 10-15x higher than previous cameras allow BLAZE to capture spectral data at unparalleled spectral rates. With full vertical binning, these exceptional cameras can operate at spectral rates greater than 1 kHz. Even higher spectral rates are achievable with custom binning or kinetics operations. Additionally, unique bi-directional clocking enables BLAZE users to utilize the camera’s new SeNsR™ operating mode for low-light applications.

BLAZE is cool. No other camera
comes close to the thermoelectric cooling capabilities of BLAZE. BLAZE incorporates state-of-the-art ArcTec™cooling technology, capable of operation down to TRUE -100ºC. Other manufacturers claim deep cooling, but BLAZE is the only camera that achieves -95ºC cooling in air and TRUE -100ºCwith 20ºC liquid. This deep cooling ability allows BLAZE to operate with extremely low dark current, ideal for long-exposure requirements. Unlike competitive cameras, BLAZE only requires the use of (near room temperature) 20ºC liquid to achieve -100ºC, so you don’t have to worry about any damaging condensation.

· Two proprietary new sensors: HR-Sensors and LD-Sensors.
· HR-Sensors: unmatched NIR quantum efficiency (up to 75% @ 1000 nm).
· LD-Sensors: inverted-mode, deep-depletion sensors with low dark current for excellent broadband performance and improved NIR response.
· With our patented eXcelon process, both HR and LD sensors offers unrivaled QE from visible to NIR region.
· Exclusive new SeNsR technology allows rapid control and charge shifting on the sensor to enhance pump-probe experiments and increase signalto-noise performance of the system.
· High speed: spectral rates greater than 1 kHz full vertical binning.
· ADC readout speeds 10-15x higher than conventional spectroscopy CCD cameras.
· Exclusive ArcTec technology cools the sensor to -95°C in air (without chillers or cryocoolers). Cools to TRUE -100°C (with 20°C liquid assist). Absolutely no condensation.
· Cooling design features all-metal seals backed by a permanent vacuum guarantee.
· A high-speed USB 3.0 data interface with an optional fiberoptic connection supports remote operation.
· BLAZE is compatible with Princeton Instruments IsoPlane®, SpectraPro®, and SpectraPro HRS spectrographs.
· BLAZE is fully supported by 64-bit Princeton Instruments LightField® software.