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New iStar ICCD
User’s Guide
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SAFETY & WARNINGS INFORMATION 12
ADDITIONAL NOTE - AVOIDING DAMAGE TO THE ISTAR DETECTOR 13
SAFETY SYMBOLS 14
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE 14
SECTION 1: ABOUT THE NEW ISTAR 15
1.1 INTRODUCTION 15
1.2 Working with the user guide 15
1.3 HELP & TECHNICAL SUPPORT 16
Europe 16
USA 16
Asia-Pacic 16
China 16
1.4 DISCLAIMER 17
1.5 TRADEMARKS & PATENT INFORMATION 17
1.6 ELECTRICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIFICATIONS 18
SECTION 2: INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW ISTAR 19
2.1 COMPONENTS OVERVIEW 19
2.2 MECHANICAL DRAWINGS 20
2.3 CCD PLATFORM SPECIFICATIONS - IMAGING SENSORS 21
2.4 CCD PLATFORM SPECIFICATIONS - SPECTROSCOPY SENSORS 22
2.5 GEN 2 INTENSIFIER SPECIFICATIONS 23
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2.6 GEN 3 INTENSIFIER SPECIFICATIONS 24
2.7 DDGTM SPECIFICATIONS 25
2.8 COOLING 26
2.8.1 Air Cooling 26
2.8.2 Fan Settings 27
2.8.3 Water Cooling 27
2.8.4 Condensation 28
2.8.5 Dew Point 28
2.8.6 Water Cooling Accessories 28
2.9 CONNECTORS 29
2.10 POWER SUPPLY UNIT (PSU) 31
2.11 FUSE REPLACEMENT 31
2.12 ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL EXTRAS 32
2.13 SPECTROGRAPH COMPATIBILITY 32
2.14 SOFTWARE 32
SECTION 3: INSTALLING THE NEW ISTAR 33
3.1 MECHANICAL CONNECTION TO THE NEW iSTAR 33
3.1.1 Attaching to a Spectrograph 33
3.1.2 Attaching to a Lens System 33
3.1.3 Attaching to Mounting Posts 38
3.2 COOLANT HOSE INSERTS 34
3.3 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS 35
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3.4 INSTALLING SOFTWARE AND USB DRIVERS 36
3.4.1 Minimum Computer Requirements 36
3.4.2 Installing Solis Software and Usb Driver 36
3.4.3 New Hardware Wizard 37
SECTION 4: SOLIS SOFTWARE OPERATION 38
4.1 STARTING THE APPLICATION 38
4.2 MAIN WINDOW 39
4.2.1 Main Window Status Bar 40
4.3 HOT KEYS 41
4.4 MENU SELECTION 43
4.4.1 File Menu 43
4.4.2 Acquisition Menu 44
4.4.3 Calibrate Menu 45
4.4.4 Command Menu 46
4.4.5 Hardware Menu 46
4.4.6 View Menu 46
4.4.7 Display Menu 47
4.4.8 Window Menu 47
4.4.9 Help Menu 48
4.4.10 Software Help 48
4.5 RUN-TIME CONTROL 49
4.6 ANDOR BASIC 49
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SECTION 5: PRE-ACQUISITION SETUP 50
5.1 SETTING TEMPERATURE 50
5.2 FAN CONTROL 51
5.3 CCD SETUP ACQUISITION 52
5.3.1 Acquisition Modes & Timings 53
5.3.1.1 Single Scan 53
5.3.1.1.1 Video 54
5.3.1.2 Accumulate 55
5.3.1.3 Kinetic Series 56
5.3.1.4 Fast Kinetics 57
5.3.1.5 Cropped Sensor Mode 58
5.3.1.6 Photon Counting 59
5.3.1.6.1 Photon Counting in Real-Time 60
5.3.2 Readout Modes 61
5.3.2.1 Image Mode 61
5.3.2.1.1 Sub Image 62
5.3.2.1.1 Image Orientation 62
5.3.2.2 Multi-Track Mode 63
5.3.2.3 Full Vertical Binning (Fvb) 64
5.3.3 Binning 65
5.3.3.1 Vertical Binning 65
5.3.3.2 Horizontal Binning 66
5.3.4 Ccd Clocking Speed 67
5.3.4.1 Vertical Pixel Shift 67
5.3.4.2 Horizontal Pixel Shift 68
5.3.5 Shutter 69
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5.3.5.1 Shutter Transfer Time 71
5.3.6 Acquistion and Data Types Selection 72
5.3.6.1 Denitions of Data Types 72
5.3.6.2 Data Display and Processing Modes 72
5.3.7 Autoscale Acquisition 75
5.3.8 Data File Handling 76
5.3.8.1 Spooling 76
5.3.8.2 Virtual Memory 77
5.3.8.3 Auto-Save 78
5.4 IMAGE INTENSIFIER SETTINGS 79
5.4.1 Gate Modes 79
5.4.2 Using Gate Monitor 79
5.4.3 Mcp Gain 81
5.4.4 Insertion Delay 82
5.4.5 Intelligate 84
5.4.6 Integrate on Chip (Ioc) 85
5.4.7 Digital Delay Generator (Ddg) 87
5.4.7.1 Gater 87
5.4.7.2 Output A, B & C 87
5.4.7.3 Optical Width 87
5.4.7.4 Gate Step 88
5.5 TRIGGERING MODES 90
5.5.1 Internal Trigger 90
5.5.2 External Trigger 90
5.5.3 Fast External 91
5.5.4 External Start 92
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SECTION 6: OPERATION: GATING, TRIGGERING & SYNCHRONIZATION 93
6.1 TRIGGERING: INTERNAL 93
6.1.1 Acquisition Mode: Single 93
6.1.1.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled) 93
6.1.1.2 Integrate On Chip (IOC) Enabled 94
6.1.2 Acquisition Mode: Accumulate 95
6.1.2.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled) 95
6.1.2.2 Integrate on Chip (IOC) 95
6.1.3 Acquisition Mode: Kinetic 96
6.1.3.1 Number of Accumulations = 1 96
6.1.3.1.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled And Gate Step Disabled) 97
6.1.3.1.2 Integrate on Chip (IOC) Enabled 98
6.1.3.1.3 Gate Step Enabled 99
6.1.3.1.4 IOC and Gate Step Enabled 100
6.1.3.2 Number of Accumulations > 1 101
6.1.3.2.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled and Gate Step Disabled) 101
6.1.3.2.2 Integrate on Chip (IOC) Enabled 102
6.1.3.2.3 Gate Step Enabled 103
6.1.3.2.4 IOC and Gate Step Enabled 104
6.1.4 Acquisition Mode: Photon Counting 105
6.1.5 Acquisition Mode: Fast Kinetics 105
6.1.5.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled And Gate Step Disabled) 106
6.1.5.2 Integrate on Chip (IOC) Enabled 107
6.1.5.3 Gate Step Enabled 108
6.1.5.4 IOC and Gate Step Enabled 109
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6. 2 TRIGGERING: EXTERNAL 110
6.2.1 Acquisition Mode: Single 110
6.2.1.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled) 110
6.2.1.2 Integrate on Chip (IOC) Enabled 111
6.2.1.2.1 Default: One Pulse per Trigger 111
6.2.1.2.2 Advanced : Burst of Pulses per Trigger 112
6.2.2 Acquisition Mode: Kinetic 113
6.2.2.1 Number of Accumulations = 1 113
6.2.2.1.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled and Gate Step Disabled) 114
6.2.2.1.2 Integrate on Chip (IOC) Enabled 115
6.2.2.1.2.1 Default: One Pulse per Trigger 115
6.2.2.1.2.2 Advanced: Burst Pulses per Trigger 116
6.2.2.1.2.3 Advanced: Burst/Fit Pulses per Exposure 117
6.2.2.1.3 Gate Step Enabled 118
6.2.2.1.4 IOC and Gate Step Enabled 119
6.2.2.1.4.1 Default: One Pulse per Trigger 119
6.2.2.1.4.2 Advanced: Burst Pulses per Trigger 122
6.2.2.1.4.3 Advanced: Burst/Fit Pulses per Exposure 123
6.2.2.2 Number of Accumulations > 1 124
6.2.2.2.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled and Gate Step Disabled) 124
6.2.2.2.2 Integrate on Chip (IOC) Enabled 125
6.2.2.2.2.1 Default: One Pulse per Trigger 125
6.2.2.2.2.2 Advanced: Burst Pulses per Trigger 126
6.2.2.2.2.3 Advanced: Burst/Fit Pulses per Exposure 127
6.2.2.2.3 Gate Step Enabled 128
6.2.2.2.4 IOC and Gate Step Enabled 129
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6.2.2.2.4.1 Default: One Pulse per Trigger 129
6.2.2.2.4.2 Advanced : Burst Pulses per Trigger 130
6.2.2.2.4.3 Burst/Fit Pulses per Exposure 131
6.2.3 Acquisition Mode: Photon Counting 132
6.2.4 Acquisition Mode: Fast Kinetics 132
6.2.4.1 Standard Operation (IOC Disabled and Gate Step Disabled) 133
6.2.4.2 Integrate on Chip (IOC) Enabled 134
6.2.4.2.1 Default: One Pulse per Trigger 134
6.2.4.2.2 Advanced: Burst Pulses per Trigger 135
6.2.4.2.3 Advanced: Burst/Fit Pulsesper Exposure 136
6.2.4.3 Gate Step Enabled 137
6.2.4.4 Ioc And Gate Step Enabled 138
6.2.4.4.1 Default: One Pulse per Trigger 138
6.2.4.4.2 Advanced: Burst Pulses per Trigger 138
6.2.4.4.3 Advanced: Burst/Fit Pulsesper Exposure 139
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APPENDIX 140
A1 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 140
A2 GLOSSARY 142
CCD 143
Accumulation 144
Acquisition 144
A/D Conversion 144
Background 144
Binning 144
Counts 145
Dark Signal 145
Detection Limit 145
Exposure Time 145
Keep Cleans 145
Image Intensiers 146
Photocathodes and windows 146
Internal reection in the input Window 147
Micro Channel Plate (MCP) 148
Phosphors 148
Coupling to the sensor 148
Noise 149
Pixel Noise 149
Readout Noise 149
Fixed Pattern Noise 149
Quantum Efciency/Spectral Response 150
Readout 150
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