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Figure 1. Typical PI-MAX3 System Components ........................................................... 11
Figure 2. Major Components of the Intensifier-CCD ...................................................... 12
Figure 3. PI-MAX3 System Diagram .............................................................................. 20
Figure 4. WinView Installation: Select Components dialog box .................................... 24
Figure 5. Camera Detection Wizard - Welcome dialog box ............................................ 26
Figure 6. Block Diagram of Signal Path in Standard PI-MAX3 System ......................... 33
Figure 7. Clean Cycles in Internal Trigger Mode of Operation ....................................... 35
Figure 8. Phosphor Decay Time ...................................................................................... 36
Figure 9. Interline CCD Readout ..................................................................................... 39
Figure 10. Non-Overlapped Mode Exposure and Readout .............................................. 40
Figure 11. Full Frame CCD Readout ............................................................................... 42
Figure 12. 2 × 2 Binning for Interline CCD - Dual Port Readout .................................... 45
Figure 13. 2 × 2 Binning for Full Frame CCD - Single Port Readout ............................. 45
Figure 14. Experiment Setup|ROI Setup tab .................................................................... 46
Figure 15. Partial Frame 2 × 2 Binning for Interline CCD - Single Port Readout (ROI is
Figure 16. PI-MAX3 Setup| Hardware|Controller/Camera tab page ............................... 47
Figure 17. Comparison of READOUT, SHUTTER, and ACQUIRING Logic Output
Figure 18. Experiment Setup|Main tab ............................................................................ 49
Figure 19. Experiment Setup|Timing dialog box ............................................................. 50
Figure 20. Safe Mode and Fast Mode Operation ............................................................. 52
Figure 21. Timing: Bracket Pulsing ................................................................................. 56
Figure 22. PI-MAX3 Timing for MCP Bracket Pulsing .................................................. 58
Figure 23. Experiments with the PI-MAX3 ..................................................................... 58
Figure 24. Experiment is Master Clock: Hardware Setup and Timing Diagram ............. 60
Figure 25. Hardware Setup: Controller/ Camera tab page ............................................... 61
Figure 26. Define Spectrograph and Install/Remove Spectrographs dialogs .................. 62
Figure 27. Move Spectrograph dialog ............................................................................. 62
Figure 28. Experiment Setup: Main and Timing tab pages ............................................. 63
Figure 29. Experiment Setup: ADC and ROI Setup tab pages ........................................ 63
Figure 30. SuperSYNCHRO: Trigger tab page ............................................................... 64
Figure 31. SuperSYNCHRO: Trigger In and Gating tab pages ....................................... 64
Figure 32. Sequential Gating Setup and Width/Delay Sequence dialog boxes ............... 65
Figure 33. Trigger Out tab page ....................................................................................... 66
Figure 34. Experiment Setup: Timing and Main tab pages ............................................. 66
Figure 35. Experiment Results in 3-D ............................................................................. 67
Figure 36. PI-MAX3 SyncMASTER is Master Clock: Hardware Setup and Timing
Figure 37. Single Shot: Hardware Setup .......................................................................... 69
Figure 38. Cleans and Skips: Default Values Loaded ..................................................... 69
Figure 39. Experiment Setup: Gain Selected ................................................................... 70
Figure 40. Repetitive Gating Setup: 100 ns Width, 10 ns Delay ..................................... 70
Figure 41. Single Shot Result: Fluorescence Spot, 100 ns Width, 10 ns Delay .............. 70
Figure 42. Single Shot Result: Fluorescence Spot, 100 ns Width, 10 ns Delay, Binned
Figure 43. Repetitive Gating Setup dialog box ................................................................ 71
Figure 44. Pulse Set ......................................................................................................... 73
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not centered and symmetrical horizontally) ................................................... 46
Levels ............................................................................................................. 48
Diagram .......................................................................................................... 68
Vertically ........................................................................................................ 71
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