pco.flim X
The pco.flim X is a new version of the first frequency domain (FD) Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) camera using a fast modulatable CMOS sensor with two readout-taps per pixel. It offers an improved cooling, which achieves -5°C with forced air cooling and -20°C image sensor temperature with water cooling. All of this reduces the readout noise level below 15 [e-] and extending the usable exposure times to 4 instead of 2s. Therefore, the pco.flim X remains the frequency domain FLIM camera system with the largest resolution of 1008 x 1008 pixel and the highest maximum frame rate of 45 double image/s on the market.
- Excellent resolution of 1008 x 1008 pixels
- Can measure fluorescence lifetimes from 1 ns – 100 µs
- Image sensor thermoelectrically cooled down to -5°C (air) / -20 °C (water)
- Maximum frame rate of 45 double images/s at full resolution
| Resolution | 1008 x 1008 pixels |
| Pixel Size | 5.6 x 5.6 µm |
| Modulation Frequency (out) | 5 kHz - 40 MHz |
| Modulation Frequency (in) | 500 kHz - 40 MHz |
| Peak Quantum Efficiency | 39 % |
| Dynamic Range A/D | 14 bit |
Lifetime from 1 ns to 100 µs
- Frequency synthesizer 5 kHz - 40 MHz
- Improved cooling of image sensor down to - 5 °C (air) / - 20 °C (water)
- High frame rate 45 double frames / s
- Unique resolution of 1008 x 1008 pixels
- Lightsheet Fluorescence Microscopy with Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
- High-resolution fluorescence lifetime imaging in widefield microscopy
- Instant FRET measurements by using the donor fluorescence lifetime
- 2D measurements with optical chemical sensors
- Digital staining by using the endogenous fluorescence lifetime
- Semiconductor quality control
- Whole Slide Scanning
- Confocal Spinning Disk Microscopy
- Solar cell research and quality control (perovskite)
- Environmental micro plastic detection
- Improved classification of used wood
- Use of optical chemical sensors in micro-fluidics



| Resolution | 1008 x 1008 pixels |
| Pixel Size | 5.6 x 5.6 µm |
| Modulation Frequency (out) | 5 kHz - 40 MHz |
| Modulation Frequency (in) | 500 kHz - 40 MHz |
| Peak Quantum Efficiency | 39 % |
| Dynamic Range A/D | 14 bit |
Lifetime from 1 ns to 100 µs
- Frequency synthesizer 5 kHz - 40 MHz
- Improved cooling of image sensor down to - 5 °C (air) / - 20 °C (water)
- High frame rate 45 double frames / s
- Unique resolution of 1008 x 1008 pixels
- Lightsheet Fluorescence Microscopy with Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging
- High-resolution fluorescence lifetime imaging in widefield microscopy
- Instant FRET measurements by using the donor fluorescence lifetime
- 2D measurements with optical chemical sensors
- Digital staining by using the endogenous fluorescence lifetime
- Semiconductor quality control
- Whole Slide Scanning
- Confocal Spinning Disk Microscopy
- Solar cell research and quality control (perovskite)
- Environmental micro plastic detection
- Improved classification of used wood
- Use of optical chemical sensors in micro-fluidics



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