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Low Light Level CCD Technology (L3 Technology) from E2V |
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An
interesting new development from E2V that can give fast-readout and
sub-electron noise.
CCD65 : TV style sensor , active
area 11.5 x 8.6 mm, 576 x 288 pixels.
CCD60 : WFS style sensor, 128 x 128
pixels. Now available thinned.
CCD87:
512 x 512 pixel thick device with 16um pixels
CCD97:
Thinned version of CCD87.
Papers
Application of L3
Technology to Wavefront Sensing, Simon Tulloch,SPIE5490-34, June2004
Photon Counting and Fast Photometry with L3
CCDs, Simon Tulloch, SPIE5492, June 2004
Photon
Counting Stategies with L3 CCDs , A.Basden
Sub Electron noise at MHz pixel rates, Craig
Mackay, SPIE 43061 (pdf)
The LLLCCD: Low Light Imaging without the need
for an intensifier, Jerram, Pool, SPIE4306 (pdf)
Paper
from Marconi: low Level Imaging, Spencer and Catlett (please note Marconi
are now E2V)
A paper outlining possible
applications of a fast-readout CCD for obtaining Hi-Strehl images without
adaptive optics:
Investigation into L3 CCD Performance,
(word), (pdf) Simon Tulloch Aug03
Links
Cambridge
University Lucky Astronomy Page
More Information
Lecture
by SMT, Microsoft PowerPoint (includes section on Deep Depletion CCDs also)
Taormina Presentation (Draft)
