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Chapter 4 First Light ......................................................................................... 27
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 27
Required Equipment and Cables ....................................................................................... 27
Cable Connections ............................................................................................................ 27
Before Turning on the System .......................................................................................... 28
Turning on the System and Setting Up the Software ........................................................ 28
Configuring the Software .................................................................................................. 28
Setup menu ................................................................................................................. 28
Acquisition menu ....................................................................................................... 29
Initial Data Acquisition ..................................................................................................... 30
Focusing ............................................................................................................................ 31
Final Comments ................................................................................................................ 31
Chapter 5 General Operation Factors ............................................................. 33
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 33
Data Acquisition Sequence ............................................................................................... 33
System On/Off Sequences ................................................................................................ 34
Pre-Exposure Removal of Accumulated Charge .............................................................. 34
Introduction ................................................................................................................ 34
Dark Charge ............................................................................................................... 34
Clean Cycles ............................................................................................................... 35
Phosphor Decay Time ....................................................................................................... 36
Temperature Control ......................................................................................................... 36
Cooling Method .......................................................................................................... 36
Setting the Temperature ............................................................................................. 37
Exposure ........................................................................................................................... 37
Exposure with an Image Intensifier ............................................................................ 38
Saturation ................................................................................................................... 38
Background Subtraction ................................................................................................... 38
Readout of the Array ......................................................................................................... 39
Interline CCD Readout ............................................................................................... 39
Full Frame CCD Readout ........................................................................................... 42
Binned Readout (Hardware Binning) ......................................................................... 43
Software Binning .............................................................................................................. 47
Digitization ....................................................................................................................... 47
Logic Out Control ............................................................................................................. 47
Experiment Setup|Main .................................................................................................... 49
Number of Images/Spectra and Accumulations ......................................................... 49
CCD Readout ............................................................................................................. 49
Intensifier Gain ........................................................................................................... 49
Intensifier Mode ......................................................................................................... 50
Experiment Setup|Timing ................................................................................................. 50
Timing Mode .............................................................................................................. 50
Fast Mode or Safe Mode ............................................................................................ 50
Delay Time ................................................................................................................. 51
Chapter 6 Gated Operation ............................................................................... 53
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 53
Precautionary Measures .................................................................................................... 54
Intensifier Modes and Safety ...................................................................................... 54
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