Hamamatsu Unveils CCD Image Sensor with Laser Processing Technology

Hamamatsu has launched the S11500-1007 back-thinned CCD that features an IR-enhanced image sensor to provide optimum performance for Raman spectroscopy.

The patented laser processing technology in the CCD offers high NIR sensitivity to identify Raman emissions with long wavelengths. A MEMS structures can be fabricated on the rear side of the back-thinned CCD by utilizing Hamamatsu's laser processing technology.

The CCD, with a pixel resolution of 24x24 µm, is designed to offer a high quantum efficiency of 40% at 1000 nm and a broad range of spectral response from 200 to 1100 nm.

The versatile device also functions as a linear image sensor for the binning process. The IR-enhanced image sensor enables users to achieve higher signal processing speed and higher signal-to-noise ratio than other approaches where signals are added digitally using an external circuit. The S11500-1007 is suitable for use with Hamamatsu's C7040 multichannel detector head.

Source: http://www.hamamatsu.com/