Next-generation, liquid nitrogen-cooled, controllerless camera for imaging & spectroscopy.

The PyLoN® line of controllerless, cryogenically cooled CCD cameras deliver the best performance from scientific CCDs for quantitative imaging and spectroscopy applications.

In creating the PyLoN platform, Princeton Instruments redesigned its industry-leading VersArray family of cameras to remove the external controller, increasing experimental flexibility, making it four times faster, while further improving the ultra-low-noise electronics. Liquid nitrogen cooling virtually eliminates dark current, and indium metal seals enhance vacuum longevity. Binning noise has been further reduced from the already low levels in the VersArray platform.

New! PyLoN 1300 and 2048
PyLoN 1300 and 2048 imaging cameras features ADC rates from 50 KHz to 4 MHz, with digital bias stabilization and correlated double sampling for decreased read noise and improved linearity. Additionally, Princeton Instruments' exclusive eXcelon® technology delivers the highest responsivity from the UV to the NIR while suppressing etaloning that occurs in standard back-illuminated CCDs.

Features and Benefits

• Supported by LightField® - PI's powerful 64-bit data acquisition software featuring patent-pending IntelliCal™ wavelength and intensity calibration packages and hardware time stamping.

• No external controller - all electronics inside the camera head while maintaining the ultra-low noise performance.

• More ADC speeds - 4X as fast as its predecessor’s 1 MHz top speed.

• Indium metal seals - for improved vacuum longevity.

• Ideal for low-light, long acquisition applications - including astronomy, chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, phosphor imaging, among others.

• GigE communication - permits remote operation up to 50 m.

• Kinetics & Custom sensor mode - allows microsecond-resolved kinetic spectral acquisition - custom sensor mode increases control over camera readout.

• PI’s exclusive eXcelon technology - available on selected models

• Reduced binning noise - optimizing it for spectroscopy applications

• AR coatings from Acton Optics - available on windows

Selected models available with exclusive eXcelon technology
Princeton Instruments’ exclusive eXcelon technology delivers the highest sensitivity in the UV and NIR while suppressing etaloning that occurs in standard back-illuminated deep depletion or back-illuminated CCDs. Learn more about eXcelon.

Powerful software
PyLoN cameras operate on 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft® Windows® operating systems and are fully supported by LightField®, Princeton Instruments' advanced 64-bit data acquisition software featuring patent-pending IntelliCal™ wavelength and intensity calibration packages. Learn more about LightField