The Color CoolView EMCCD camera delivers high sensitivity thanks to secondary electron multiplication that brings the original photonic signal above the read out noise floor of the sensor down to less than one electron. A Bayer filter in front of the CCD combined with real time color image reconstruction eliminates the need of three separate RGB acquisitions.

The color cool view EMCCD camera is very well suited for low light video microscopy and chip readers as both techniques use multi fluorescent probes that need to be sensed altogether. The camera can be plugged onto a video recorder for quantifying cell motility / intracellular traffic. Or it can also be used in digital mode for acquiring fast color 3D stacks without the need of a filter wheel and multi passes.

Built in white balance ensures a reliable reproduction of colors even at low light levels. Unlike other frame transfer cameras, this camera does not suffer from frame shift smear, thanks to efficient shuttering capacity.

The Coolview TC1000 is ideal for imaging extremely weak photonic emission in real time such as with single molecule fluorescence imaging or confocal microscopy.

The EM gain can be boosted in excess of 2,000:1, approaching that of single stage image intensifiers. Gain calibration against temperature allows accurate gain control in an extremely reproducible manner.

The quantum efficiency of the sensor peaks at 65% in the visible region but allows imaging from UV up to NIR spectral range.

The frame transfer architecture combined with low noise electronics allows fast image acquisition > 100 fps using either binning and or region of interest on the CCD.

A special kinetic mode allows singles stripe images to be acquired very fast up to 1000 fps if necessary using full vertical binning.