Placing a CCD array at the prime focus of a telescope or observatory is a surefire way to get an outstanding image; a technique that's been in use for well over 100 years. But is it possible to ...

Discover how the charge-coupled device (CCD) revolutionized imaging technology, impacting photography, astronomy, medicine, and more.

'Revolutionary' is used too often to describe advances in science. When applied to the invention of the charge-coupled device (CCD) array by Willard Boyle and George Smith, however, it is not far ...

B&W Tek, Inc. is proudly shipping the i-trometer series CCD array, low cost spectrometers. Using a high UV-NIR response wide dynamic range back-thinned CCD array with a low stray light optical bench, ...

The CCD arrays also feature greatly improved visible-light sensitivity, which critical in many situations. At the extremely high end, the KAF-16801CE CCD features 16.6 million pixels in a ...

Although other groups are developing ladar systems with CCD arrays, Lincoln’s devices differ in their use of avalanche photo diodes. A standard solid-state photographic device, the diodes are applied ...

Quest™ U—a linear CCD array spectrometer from B&W Tek—has been improved for UV performance through a low stray light optical bench. The spectrometer features an integrated 16-bit digitizer, a 2048 ...

QE65000 Spectrometer Has Back-thinned CCD Detector for Low-Light Level Applications. Dunedin, Fla., November 2006 - The QE65000 from Ocean Optics is a high-sensitivity, scientific-grade spectrometer ...

B&W Tek’s Glacier ® T series is a high-resolution, double-pass transmission-based thermoelectrically-cooled (TEC) linear CCD array spectrometer that has been developed especially for Raman ...

The Glacier ® T series spectrometer available from B&W Tek is a high-resolution, double-pass transmission-based Thermoelectric Cooled (TEC) linear CCD array spectrometer developed exclusively for ...

“This is the biggest charge-coupled device (CCD) array that has ever been built,” Paul O’Connor, senior scientist at Brookhaven Lab’s instrumentation division, said in a press release.