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Hamamatsu Photonics
2 Howard Court
10 Tewin Road
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL7 1BW
United Kingdom

Tel: 01707 294888
Fax: 01707 325777

Spectroscopic Back-Thinned CCD Image Sensors with Improved Etaloning Effect Apr 27, 2010

Hamamatsu Photonics introduce two new back-thinned CCD image sensors, the S11071 and S10420 series.

Both feature a vastly reduced etaloning effect and exhibit nearly flat spectral response characteristics with high quantum efficiency from the UV to near IR.

Hamamatsu's back-thinned CCD technology has long been used in the development of high end analytical and medical instruments. The back-thinned technology provides excellent sensitivity in the UV and blue end of the spectrum, combined with high quantum efficiencies in the visible (> 90% QE) and near IR (to almost 1200 nm).

Previously back-thinned CCDs have exhibited problems of etalation in the near IR, which is problematic in applications such as Raman spectroscopy. However, the new improved S11071 and S10420 series have been specifically designed to reduce this etaloning effect, making it suitable for a wider range of applications.