Scientific sCMOS Cameras for Life & Physical Science

Andor’s Scientific CMOS camera portfolio for Life and Physical Science research delivers advanced performance features that render them ideal for high fidelity, quantitative scientific measurements. Providing a range of application advantages Andor’s multi-megapixel sCMOS cameras offer large field of view and high resolution, without compromising on read noise, dynamic range or frame rates.

sCMOS Camera Features include:

Large Field of View & High Resolution
Up to 4.2 Megapixel, 95% QE & -45 °C cooled
Up to 100 fps & 18.5ms Readout
Global and Rolling Shutter
Back-Illuminated and Low Noise

sCMOS for Life Science

Applications include Cell Mobility, Developmental Biology, Plasma Membrane, Intracellular Tracking, Organoids, Gene Editing and Neurophysiology

sCMOS for Physical Science

Applications include Solar Astronomy, Space Debris, Adaptive Optics, Fluid Dynamics, X-Ray Imaging, Neutron Tomography, Cold Atoms & Bose Einstein Condensation and Quantum Optics

Life Science sCMOS Comparison

Sona sCMOS

Ultimate Sensitivity for Microscopy: 95% QE & down to 1.0e- read noise
Capture large fields of cells at speed

ZL41 Cell sCMOS

New ZL41 cell series specifically for life science applications
Up to 82% QE and 100 fps

Physical Science sCMOS Comparison

Marana sCMOS

Back-illuminated QE and Large Field of View

4.2 Megapixel, 6.5-11 µm pixels – Shutter free
95% QE, -45 °C vacuum cooling and 135 fps
Fast Spectroscopy, Quantum, Astronomy and UV applications

ZL41 Wave

Superb Sensitivity, Speed and Performance vs Price

4.2 – 5.5 megapixels and 6.5 µm pixel
64% - 82% QE, 0.9 e- read noise and 100 fps
Quantum Gases, Wavefront Sensor and Rolling/Global Shutter

iStar sCMOS

Nanosecond Gated Spectroscopy

< 2ns fast gating and 50 fps
5.5 Megapixel & high QE photocathode
Plasma, Flow Analysis/Combustion, TR-Fluorescence

Zyla-HF sCMOS

Nanosecond Gated Spectroscopy

High-throughput fiber-optic coupling
5.5 Megapixel at 50 frames per second
X-Ray/Neutron Tomography, X-Ray Diffraction

CB1 sCMOS

Global Shutter, High-performance Sony sensors

0.5, 1.7 or 7.1 MegaPixel variants
Very low noise with 1.38 e- read noise
Solar Cell Electrical, Process Control, Adaptive Optics

CB1

CB1 UV

CB2 sCMOS

Global Shutter, Cooled, High-res Sony sensors

24.5 Megapixel & on-chip binning capability
High speed and long exposure capability
Fluorescence microscopy, Luminescence, Astronomy, Tomography