Optoelectronics
New NIR Streak Camera for measurements up to 1650 nm
Hamamatsu Photonics introduces a new streak camera with sensitivity in the near infrared region up to 1650 nm that is many orders of magnitude higher than previously available. Like other streak cameras, the new C11293 model simultaneously records intensity vs. time vs. position (or wavelength) with very high temporal resolution.
Up tA crucial characteristic of all IR detectors is their dark current. In order to suppress the dark current, and thereby make the device suitable for low-light-level applications, the photocathode operates at a working temperature of approximately -100 °C by means of liquid nitrogen cooling.
The time resolution of the C11293 is better than 20 ps FWHM. It can run at arbitrary repetition rates up to a maximum of 20 MHz, making it very versatile and easy to combine with many experimental setups.
The new C11293 NIR Streak Camera is ideally suited to a wide range of application areas including time-resolved spectroscopy in semiconductor physics, quantum dots, carbon nanotubes and other nanostructure research, photovoltaic research, photonics crystals, and many others.