
heliCam C3 - Fast Lock-in Camera
The lock-in camera was originally developed for low coherence interferometry, but the heliSens™ S3.1 sensor and the camera board have found new life with a variety of applications other than OCT, for example, pump-probe spectroscopy. For ease of integration, the Heliotis' core technology is now available as a rigid camera, capable of capturing and processing more than 1 million 2D-images per second.
| Parameter | Value |
| Die Size | 19.71 mm x 16.89 mm |
| Number of Columns | 300, (center 280 usable, 2x10 columns are test columns) |
| Number of Rows | 300, (center 292 usable, 2x4 rows are test rows) |
| Total number of pixels | 90’000 |
| Column Pitch ΔXpixel | 39.6 μm |
| Row Pitch ΔYpixel | 39.6 μm |
| Photodiode dim. X ΔXphotodiode | 11 μm |
| Photodiode dim. Y ΔYphotodiode | 11 μm |
| Photodiode area | 121 μm2 |
| Optical fill factor | 9% for C3.1.1-CP-ML0 (without micro lenses) >50% for C3.1.1-CP-ML1 (with micro lenses) |
| Pixel Field Width | 11.9 mm |
| Pixel Field Height | 11.9 mm |
| Max. External Frame Rate | 3.8 kHz (2 x 10bit per frame) |
| Demodulation Frequency (standard firmware) | 2 - 250 kHz (equivalent to an internal frame rate of 8k - 1M fps) |
| Output Resolution | 10 bit |
| Quantum Efficiency η | 20-60% between 330 and 400 nm 60-80% between 400 and 720 nm 60-20% between 720 and 900 nm |