Aries 16 LT Large-pixel BSI sCMOS camera
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Aries 16 LT BSI sCMOS Camera, 16 µm Pixels, 0.9 e⁻ Read Noise

Aries 16 LT
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A large-pixel sCMOS camera for photon-starved imaging, from single molecules to cold atoms.

The Aries 16 LT is a back-illuminated sCMOS camera with 16 µm pixels on an 800 × 600 sensor, built for measurements where only a few photons reach each pixel. It reaches 0.9 e⁻ read noise in Low Noise mode and holds a typical 73 ke⁻ full well, so it can take the place of an EMCCD camera without excess-noise or gain-aging issues. Air or liquid cooling, USB 3.0 and CameraLink outputs and a C-mount make it easy to fit into existing optical setups.

Key Features

  • 16 µm × 16 µm BSI pixels with 90.7% peak QE at 550 nm; per-pixel sensitivity more than 5× that of a typical 6.5 µm pixel
  • Two readout modes: Low Noise (0.9 e⁻, 25 fps) and HDR (1.6 e⁻, 60 fps)
  • 73 ke⁻ typical full-well capacity and 93 dB dynamic range for strong and weak signals in the same frame
  • Air cooling to 50 °C below ambient or liquid cooling to 60 °C below ambient; dark current 0.2 e⁻/pixel/s
  • Flexible binning (2 × 2, 4 × 4 or arbitrary), ROI readout and 1 µs timestamp accuracy
  • USB 3.0 and CameraLink interfaces, SMA trigger I/O and SDKs for C, C++, C# and Python

Typical Applications

  • Cold-atom and single-atom detection
  • Quantum physics experiments
  • Single-molecule localization and tracking (STORM)
  • Single-molecule fluorescence, FRET, FCS and TIRF
  • Bioluminescence and chemiluminescence imaging
  • Electroluminescence imaging

Related Products

  • Aries 1517 — Vacuum-Cooled BSI sCMOS Camera, 87 mm Diagonal, 15 µm Pixels
  • Aries 6504 LT — Compact BSI sCMOS Camera, 0.8 e⁻ Read Noise, 100 fps
  • Aries 6504 Pro — BSI sCMOS Camera, 0.43 e⁻ RMS Read Noise, 297 fps

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Model: Aries 16 LT · Acquisition software and drivers are supplied with the camera. Contact WaveQuanta for a quote and lead time.

Sensor Type BSI sCMOS
Color / Mono Mono
Peak QE 90.7% @ 550 nm
Resolution 800 × 600
Pixel Size 16 µm × 16 µm
Effective Area 12.8 mm × 9.6 mm
Array Diagonal 16 mm
Full-Well Capacity 73 ke⁻ (typical)
Readout Noise 0.9 e⁻ (Low Noise mode); 1.6 e⁻ (HDR mode), typical
Dynamic Range 93 dB (typical)
Frame Rate 60 fps (HDR mode); 25 fps (Low Noise mode)
Shutter Type Rolling, global reset
Exposure Time 26 µs – 60 s
Binning 2 × 2, 4 × 4, arbitrary binning
ROI Supported
Cooling Method Air, liquid
Cooling Temperature Air: 50 °C below ambient; liquid: 60 °C below ambient
Dark Current 0.2 e⁻/pixel/s
DSNU / PRNU 0.3 e⁻ / 0.3%
Bit Depth 12 bit, 16 bit
Data Interface USB 3.0, CameraLink
Trigger Hardware, software; SMA connectors
Trigger Output Exposure Start, Global Exposure, Readout End, High, Low
Timestamp 1 µs accuracy
Optical Interface C-mount
Power Supply 12 V / 8 A
Power Consumption 38 W
Dimensions 95 mm × 95 mm × 114 mm (H × W × L)
Weight 1500 g
Operating Environment Working 0–40 °C, 0–85% RH; storage 0–60 °C, 0–90% RH
Operating System Windows, Linux
Software / SDK Support Acquisition and analysis software, LabVIEW, MATLAB, Micro-Manager 2.0; C/C++/C#/Python SDK
Specification Sheet PDF — Download
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