Placing a CCD array at the prime focus of a telescope or observatory is a surefire way to get an outstanding image; a technique that's been in use for well over 100 years. But is it possible to ...

The smaller the CCD array, the more daunting the task. Many methods exist for locating and centering an object on a CCD array, and each has its strengths, weaknesses, and associated price tag.

B&W Tek, Inc. is proudly shipping the i-trometer series CCD array, low cost spectrometers. Using a high UV-NIR response wide dynamic range back-thinned CCD array with a low stray light optical bench, ...

Quest™ U—a linear CCD array spectrometer from B&W Tek—has been improved for UV performance through a low stray light optical bench. The spectrometer features an integrated 16-bit digitizer, a 2048 ...

'Revolutionary' is used too often to describe advances in science. When applied to the invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD) array by Willard Boyle and George Smith, however, it is not far ...

The CCD arrays also feature greatly improved visible-light sensitivity, which critical in many situations. At the extremely high end, the KAF-16801CE CCD features 16.6 million pixels in a ...

Although other groups are developing ladar systems with CCD arrays, Lincoln’s devices differ in their use of avalanche photo diodes. A standard solid-state photographic device, the diodes are applied ...

CCD technology was the driving force behind early digital photography, and its popularity persisted until the late 2000s.

We have also packaged monolithic 4096x4096 CCD arrays cut from the 100 mm silicon wafers that contained four functional 2048x2048 edge-abuttable imagers. The quadrants of the monolithic array are ...

The electrical charges in a CCD array are created when photons strike the silicon and dislodge electrons, with the strength of the charge being proportional to the intensity of the incident photons.

QE65000 Spectrometer Has Back-thinned CCD Detector for Low-Light Level Applications. Dunedin, Fla., November 2006 - The QE65000 from Ocean Optics is a high-sensitivity, scientific-grade spectrometer ...

The Glacier ® T series spectrometer available from B&W Tek is a high-resolution, double-pass transmission-based Thermoelectric Cooled (TEC) linear CCD array spectrometer developed exclusively for ...