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Cooling ............................................................................................................................. 33
Setting the Temperature ............................................................................................. 34
Temperature Stabilization .......................................................................................... 34
Baseline Signal ................................................................................................................. 34
Imaging Field of View...................................................................................................... 35
RS-170 or CCIR Video..................................................................................................... 35
First Light (Imaging) ........................................................................................................ 37
Assumptions ............................................................................................................... 38
Cabling ....................................................................................................................... 38
Getting Started ........................................................................................................... 39
Setting the Parameters................................................................................................ 39
Focusing ..................................................................................................................... 40
Acquiring Data ........................................................................................................... 42
First Light (Spectroscopy) ................................................................................................ 42
Assumptions ............................................................................................................... 43
Cabling........................................................................................................................ 43
Getting Started ........................................................................................................... 43
Setting the Parameters................................................................................................ 43
Focusing ..................................................................................................................... 44
Acquiring Data ........................................................................................................... 46
Chapter 5 Timing Modes....................................................................................47
Full Speed or Safe Mode .................................................................................................. 47
Standard Timing Modes ................................................................................................... 48
Free Run ..................................................................................................................... 48
External Sync ............................................................................................................. 50
External Sync with Continuous Cleans...................................................................... 52
Frame Transfer Operation ................................................................................................ 53
Interline Operation............................................................................................................ 55
Operating Modes ........................................................................................................ 55
Timing Options in Overlapped Readout Mode.......................................................... 56
Chapter 6 Exposure and Readout.....................................................................59
Exposure ........................................................................................................................... 59
Exposure with an Interline Array............................................................................... 60
Exposure with a Mechanical Shutter ......................................................................... 60
Exposure with an Image Intensifier ........................................................................... 61
Continuous Exposure (no shuttering) ........................................................................ 61
Saturation ................................................................................................................... 62
Dark Charge ............................................................................................................... 62
Array Readout................................................................................................................... 63
Full Frame .................................................................................................................. 63
Frame Transfer ........................................................................................................... 65
Interline ...................................................................................................................... 66
Binning....................................................................................................................... 69
Digitization ....................................................................................................................... 72
Dual A/D Converters.................................................................................................. 72
Chapter 7 MicroMAX DIF Camera (Double Image Feature) ............................75
Introduction....................................................................................................................... 75
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