Andor Technology iXon Ultra 897 User Manual page 38

Readout Sequence of an EMCCD
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1 Exposure to light causes a pattern of charge (an electronic image) to build
up on the frame (or 'image area') of the EMCCD-chip.
ELECTRON MULTIPLYING CCDS
Only subset of pixels shown!
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Read
Out
Amplifier
Output
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Section 3 . 1
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