HiCAM, Gated Intensified High-Speed Cameras

The HiCAM is a fully integrated high-speed camera fiberoptically coupled to an intensifier. The HiCAM, gated intensified high-speed camera allows image recording (up to 200.000 fps) of fast events at high time resolution. At the same time the HiCAM, gated intensified high-speed camera offers single photon detection capability. Fast moving objects are recorded sharply by shuttering the image intensifier down to 40ns, optionally 5ns.

The HiCAM is available in 2 versions, the very sensitive HiCAM 500 and the ultra fast HiCAM 5000.

The dual stage (2-stage) image intensifier is specially designed for the use in high-speed cameras; photocathodes with different spectral response from the UV until the near IR are available; enhanced maximum output brightness results in a optimal signal/noise ratio at high frame rate. The dual stage (2-stage) image intensifier is coupled to the CMOS sensor by using tapered fiber optics that matches the image intensifier to the sensor format.

Applications

* Combustion research
* Plasma physics
* Time Resolved Fluorescence
* Dynamic phenomena in microscopy, e.g. Imaging the Rotation of single molecules of ATPase
* Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF)
* Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
* Micro Fluidics
* Blood flow analysis

Recordings (mpg):

Blue gas flames (mix Butane - Propane) with added sparkles recorded at 1000fps (frame rate) and gating of 15 (effective exposure time). Resolution: 1280x512pixels.
Blue gas flames (mix Butane - Propane) with added sparkles recorded at 4000fps (frame rate) and gating of 13 (effective exposure time). Resolution is 1280x128pixels

Features HiCAM 500:

1280 x 1024 square pixels
2-stage (dual stage) image intensifier
100.000 fps max. recording rate
Up to 16Gbyte internal memory
Up to 26 seconds recording time @500fps and max. resolution
Minimum exposure 40ns, optional 5ns
Sensitivity 0.0001 lux
GigE PC connection
C-mount or F-mount input
Software for camera / image intensifier control, image viewing and storage

Features HiCAM 5000:

512 x 512 square pixels
2-stage (dual stage) image intensifier
100.000 fps max. recording rate, optional 200.000 fps with fast gating
Up to 16Gbyte internal memory
Up to 12,8 seconds recording time @5000fps and max. resolution
Minimum exposure 40ns, optional 5ns
Sensitivity 0.0001 lux
GigE PC connection
C-mount or F-mount input
Software for camera / image intensifier control, image viewing and storage

data sheet (*.pdf)