Technology
The TPX3CAM is a fast optical camera for time stamping of optical photons. It is based on a new silicon pixel sensor, which in combination with the Timepix3 ASIC and readout, is suitable for a wide range of applications which require time-resolved imaging of electrons, ions or single photons. The TPX3CAM can be easily integrated both in table-top lab setups, and in synchrotron or free-electron-laser environments.
TPX3CAM can simultaneously image and time-stamp light flashes of more than 1000 photons with high quantum efficiency in the 400 to 1000 nm wavelength range. It can efficiently register ions impinging on an MCP (micro-channel plate) in the VMI (velocity map imaging) configuration. The MCP is coupled to a fast P47 phosphor, which produces light flashes in response to ions hitting the MCPs. The TPX3CAM, placed outside of the vacuum, can detect light flashes from the phosphor. Adapted from Zhao et. al, Review of Scientific Instruments 88, 113104 (2017).
Benefits of TPX3CAM
- Increased light sensitivity silicon sensor.
- Wave length range: 400 - 1000 nm.
- Per pixel simultaneous detection of time (ToA) and intensity (ToT).
- Time resolution 1.6 ns, effective frame rate > 500 MHz.
- Noise free, data driven readout up to 80 Mhits/s @10Gb/s Ether.
- Flexible optical design outside of vacuum.
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