Andor Technology has announced the appointment of Alpao as its value-added reseller for the adaptive-optics market.
Alpao has recently developed a Shack-Hartmann sensor, leveraging the Electron Multiplying technology implemented by Andor in its cameras.
A wavefront sensor fulfilling the most demanding adaptive optics applications was made possible, due to the low electronic reading noise (less than 1e- RMS) and the high frame rate (up to 495 fps), offered by the EMCCD technology from Andor.
The sensitivity of the EMCCD detector also allows the use of wavefront sensors in applications where the power level is limited for safety reasons, or to avoid destroying observed samples.
Due to intensive R+D realised at the software and hardware level, Alpao takes full advantage of the Andor Camera.
