Application

Exoplanet Discovery

The most common approaches to exoplanet detection are ‘transit’ and ‘radial velocimetry’, each of which require precision measurements with optimal signal to noise. The vast majority of stars in the Milky Way are dwarf stars and as such are prime candidates for finding exoplanets. Their relatively small size compared to orbiting planets results in bigger ‘transit dips’, coupled with the fact that their planets tend to be in closer orbit and with a greater frequency of orbit. These smaller / cooler dwarf stars predominantly emit in the Near infrared, meaning that high-sensitivity, deep cooled near infrared optimised cameras are ideal for making these high photometric accuracy measurements.

Products

Andor’s NEW iKon-XL is a TE-cooled, very large area CCD camera platform, accommodating big field of view sensors that are ideally suited to long exposure astronomy applications. Patent-pending…

iKon-XL 230 CCD

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Andor’s NEW iKon-XL is a TE-cooled, very large area CCD camera platform, accommodating big field of view sensors that are ideally suited to long exposure astronomy applications. Patent-pending…

iKon-XL 231 CCD

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Andor’s iKon-M 934 low noise CCD camera series are designed to offer the ultimate in high-sensitivity, low noise performance, ideal for demanding imaging applications. These high resolution…

iKon-M 934 CCD

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Andor’s iKon-L High Dynamic Range CCD camera offers outstanding resolution, field of view, sensitivity and dynamic range performance. It boast a proprietary large area 5-stage TE cooler…

iKon-L 936 CCD

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