Princeton Instruments PI-MAX4 Manual page 13

List of Figures
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Figure 5-10: Full Frame CCD Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Figure 5-11: Dual Port Readout: 2 × 2 Binning of Interline CCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Figure 5-12: Dual Port Readout: LightField Setting, 2x2 Binning, Interline CCD . . .78
Figure 5-13: Single Port Readout: 2 × 2 Binning of Full Frame CCD. . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Figure 5-14: Experiment Setup: ROI Configuration Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Figure 5-15: Typical Edit Regions of Interest Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Figure 5-16: Single Port Readout: Partial Frame, 2×2 Binning, Interline CCD . . . . .81
Figure 5-17: Dual Port Readout: LightField Settings, 5×3 Binning, Interline CCD . .82
Figure 5-18: Typical PI-MAX4 Hardware Setup Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Figure 5-19: Timing Diagram: Shutter {Shutter Open}, Read Out {Reading Out},
Figure 5-20: Typical Experiment Setup Dialog: Main Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Figure 5-21: Typical Experiment Setup Dialog: Timing Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Figure 5-22: Fast Mode/Slow Mode Flow Charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Figure 5-23: Typical Common Acquisition Settings Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Figure 5-24: Typical Advanced Intensifier Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Figure 5-25: Typical Region of Interest Expander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Figure 5-26: Typical Trigger Expander: Internal Trigger Source Parameters . . . . . . .93
Figure 5-27: Typical Trigger Expander: External Trigger Source Parameters . . . . . .93
Figure 5-28: SuperSYNCHRO Timing Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
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Figure 6-10: Typical Common Acquisition Settings Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Figure 6-11: Typical Analog to Digital Conversion Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Figure 6-12: Typical Trigger Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Figure 6-13: Typical Regions of Interest Expander: Full Sensor Binned . . . . . . . . .112
Figure 6-14: Trigger Expander: External Trigger Source Configuration. . . . . . . . . .113
Figure 6-15: Typical SuperSYNCHRO Timing Expander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Figure 6-16: Typical SuperSYNCHRO Timing: SyncMASTER On. . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Figure 6-17: Typical Experiment Results: Frame Cross Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Figure 6-18: Block Diagram: SyncMASTER1 as Master Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Figure 6-19: Timing Diagram: SyncMASTER1 as Master Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Figure 6-20: Block Diagram: Single Shot Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Figure 6-21: Cleaning Cycles, Cleaning and Skipping Expander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Figure 6-22: Common Acquisition Settings Expander: Intensifier Gain . . . . . . . . . .120
Clean Cycles in Internal Trigger Mode of Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
WinX: Phosphor Decay Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
LightField: Phosphor Decay Delay Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Interline CCD Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Step 1: Non-Overlapped, Early Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Step 2: Non-Overlapped, Early Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Step 3: Non-Overlapped, Transfer to Output Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Step 4: Non-Overlapped, End of Readout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Acquiring {Acquiring} . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Timing Diagram: MCP Bracket Pulsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Timing Diagram: MCP Bracket Pulsing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Typical PI-MAX4 Experiments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Block/Timing Diagram: Swept Gate Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Typical Sensor Expander. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Typical Sensor Cleaning Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Typical Reset to Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Typical Spectrometer Expanders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Typical Regions of Interest Expander: Full Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
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