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High Speed, Deep-Cooled, SWIR Imaging

The ZephIR 2.5 is a deep-cooled, SWIR camera sensitive from 850 to 2500 nm. By deep-cooling the infrared sensor, the ZephIR 2.5 is able to acquire more signals and minimize unwanted noise for a given imaging application. The extended spectral range offers scientists and engineers the possibility of acquiring a signal covering a broader wavelength spectrum, which in turn helps build better infrared detection systems. By using thermoelectric cooling, the ZephIR 2.5 doesn’t require any maintenance from a water or a liquid nitrogen chilled unit and does not suffer from the limited lifetime of Stirling mechanical coolers. This leads to greater usability and flexibility when integrating ZephIR 2.5 cameras in your own systems.

With high frame rates allowing high speed image acquisitions through USB 3.0 or cameralink, the ZephIR 2.5 is tailored for demanding industrial applications or high precision scientific experiments. Users can also choose to use Photon etc’s PHySpec camera control software or develop their own using a Python or C++ software development kit (SDK).

Product Specifications

Technical Specifications
Sensor MCT FPA
Sensor Format 320 x 256
Pixel size 30 µm
Spectral range 850 - 2500 nm
Peak Quantum Efficiency 85%
Typical operability > 99%
Cooling Temperature @ 20°C ambiant -80 °C
Cooling method TEC + forced air
Typical Dark Current 20 Mē/px/s
Typical gain setting (ē/ADU) High: 10.3 | Low: 216
Typical readout noise (ē) High: 150 | Low: 980
Typical full well capacity (kē) High: 160 | Low: 3300
Readout modes STD IWR
Frame Rate 340
ROI Frame Rate Up to 4000
Integration time rang from 1 μs to full well capacity
Digitization 14 bits
Image Format 16 bits HDF5, FITS and TIFF
Software USB 3.0 and CameraLink™
Computer interface Trigger IN/OUT
External control PHySpec™ control and analysis software, SDK (C++, Python)
Ambient temperature range 10 °C to 35 °C
Power Supply 12V DC
Dimensions 169 mm x 130 mm x 97 mm
Weight 2.9 kg

White Papers

Cooling Swir Sensors: an Overview

Authors Marie-Christine Ferland and Laura-Isabelle Dion-Bertrand

Abstract

Dark current is a critical parameter when one is looking to acquire a scientific imaging camera, especially in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) region. Very careful attention must be paid to the cooling method used to optimize this parameter. Multiple cooling technologies are available, each having certain benefits and drawbacks. In its ZephIR and Alizé line of SWIR cameras, Photon etc. uses a…

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