PentaVac - 21st Century Vacuum Technology
11 Jan 2013
In this video Mark Donaghy discusses how PentaVac™, a brand new Vacuum technology developed by Raptor Photonics, enables its range of cameras to be deep cooled, as low as Δ-111°C. At this temperature dark current is negligible allowing long exposures and ultra-sensitivity. Mark tells SelectScience about some of the applications that will benefit from the long exposure times permitted with this new technology, including chemiluminescence and fluorescence imaging. Interview filmed by SelectScience at ASCB 2012.
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