Lambert - Model HiCAM -Intensified High-Speed Camera
The HiCAM is a gated intensified high-speed camera. It has an integrated fiber-optically coupled image intensifier, which offers a unique combination of high speed and sensitivity down to single photon level. Because the HiCAM does not need high intensity light sources, it is suitable for use in low-light level conditions.
Gas flame
Blue gas flames (mix Butane - Propane) with added sparkles recorded at 1000 fps (frame rate) and gating of 15 us (effective exposure time). Resolution: 1280 x 512 pixels.
Beating zebrafish heart
Recording of a beating zebrafish heart at 2000 frames per second with the Lambert Instruments HiCAM on a fluorescence microscope. The blood cells were stained with a DS-red fluorophore.
- Super-slow motion combustion research for the automotive industry
- Time-resolved imaging in plasma physics research
- Dynamic phenomena in microscopy, e.g. Imaging the rotation of single molecules of ATPase
- Laser-Induced Fluorescence (LIF)
- Flow visualization and velocity measurements using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
- Time-resolved imaging of fluids for microfluidic research
- Blood flow analysis
- Time-resolved fluorescence
An image intensifier boosts the intensity of the incoming light. By converting photons to electrons and back to photons, the light intensity can be increased significantly. Another feature of an image intensifier is that it can act as an ultra-fast shutter.
The photocathode is the entrance of the image intensifier. This is where the incoming photons are converted to electrons. The quantum efficiency of the photocathode material specifies how efficient this conversion is for each wavelength.
