The PI-MAX® 4 is the culmination of years of research and development by Princeton Instruments to create intensified CCD (ICCD) and intensifier EMCCD (emICCD) camera systems to challenge the status quo in time-resolved imaging and spectroscopy applications. The PI-MAX4 offers precision gating capabilities to <500 picoseconds, the ability to perform frequency-domain measurements utilizing RF modulation, and unsurpassed control of all experiments via Princeton Instruments' intelligent LightField software. There is no other ICCD in the industry that can match the performance and flexibility of PI-MAX4.
Twelve PI-MAX4: 2048 ICCD cameras were instrumental in the Shock Physics experimental resarch conducted by Yogendra Gupta of Washington State University at the Argonne National Lab's Advanced Photon Source synchrotron.
PI-MAX4 intensified cameras are the renowned gated imaging and spectroscopy cameras for such applications as LIBS, plasma diagnostics, combustion, quantum computing, photon counting, and frequency-domain / time-domain fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM).
Powered by our beautiful LightField software, the PI-MAX4 ICCD and emICCD cameras pack innovative features into its compact design are sustained repetition rates of up to 1 MHz, video-rate to over 10,000 spectra per second capture rates, <500 psec ultra-fast gating, and double image feature (DIF).
No wonder, hundreds of leading labs around the world rely on PI-MAX for their time resolved imaging and spectroscopy experiments.
Ability to capture a gated image or spectrum for every pulse from high-repetition-rate lasers.
PI-MAX4 cameras boast SuperHV, the latest in high-voltage gating technology, to power the intensifier as well as turn it on and off in response to programmed delays and widths. It is capable of a 1 MHz sustained repetition rate, which is a 20x improvement over previous-generation ICCD cameras.
PI-MAX4:1024i uses an interline CCD to enable capture of two full-resolution images with less than 2 usec inter-frame time.
Use two images for particle imaging velocimetry or use one of the images as real-time background/reference .
Delivers exceptionally high temporal resolution for effective background discrimination.
SyncMASTER to synchronize the camera with a variety of external equipment (e.g., pulsed lasers).
Allows remote operation from up to 50m over standard gigabit cable or longer distanace with optional fiberoptic converters.
Seamless plug-and-play connectivity with the latest desktops and laptops.
True 16-bit data transfer at 2MHz, 5MHz and 10MHz readout speeds.
Built-in math engine to analyze image and spectral data in real-time.
Universal programming interface - PICAM (64 bit) - for easy custom programming.
Seamless integration of hardware controls and direct data acquisition into National Instruments' LabVIEW and MathWorks' MATLAB.
Pump probe spectroscopy using the optical Kerr effect investigating the physical chemistry of solutions.
F. Ji, D. Filippetto et al.
S. Tsikata, C. Ballage et al.
R. Padilla, D. Dunn-Rankin et al.
Using PLIF and Chemiluminescence imaging, characterizing a flame reaction zone.
C. Reuter, Y. Ju et al.
C. Dover, T. Schmidt et al.
Time resolved PL spectroscopy reveals how to improve efficiency of photovoltaic devices.
S. You, M. Azuara-Rosales et al.
PIMAX and DIF mode used for spectroscopy and high speed imaging experiments on plasma jets.
Study of perovskite solar cells with enhanced stability. A PI-MAX4 is used for ns-scale, time-resolved photoluminescence measurements on the devices.
In this study, we developed and integrated experimental and multidimensional modeling techniques to access the temporal and spatial resolution of colliding plasma characteristics that elucidated the mechanism for early carbon dimer formation. Plume evolution imaging, monochromatic imaging, and optical emission spectroscopy of graphite-produced, carbon plasmas were performed.
A. Wright, L. Herz et al.
Time dependpent PL spectroscopy from the ns to ms timescale, helping to optimize materials for solar cell and laser applications.
Spontaneous rotational Raman scattering spectroscopy is used to acquire the first ever high quality, spatially-resolved measurements of the mean and root mean square (rms) temperature fluctuations in turbulent, high-velocity heated jets. Raman spectra in air were obtained across a matrix of radial and axial locations downstream from a 50 mm diameter nozzle operating from subsonic to supersonic conditions over a wide range of temperatures and Mach numbers, in accordance with the Tanna matrix frequently used in jet noise studies.
P. V. Heuer, C. Niemann et all.
Andrés Amell Arrieta, et al.
PI-MAX ICCD camera was used in this study, where researchers numerically and experimentally determined several combustion properties of three different shale gas mixtures.
S. Shcherbanev, S. Starikovskaia et al.
Z. Lin, M. Ho et al.
K. Tomita, A. Sunahara et al.
A. Swift, B. Temple et al.
Y. Meng, G. Shen et al.
In 2012, a research group at Dartmouth College and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center led by Dr. Brian Pogue published results from their investigation into fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy methods using pulsed LINAC-induced CES2,5 under ambient room lighting conditions. This application note provides an overview of both that work as well as more recent experiments in which Dr. Pogue and his associates utilized Cherenkov radiation to perform high-resolution luminescence imaging of molecular oxygen sensors located at tissue depthsup to 3 cm.