General Information

XCAM is a spinout from the world class X-ray Astronomy group at Leicester University in the UK. We have gained expertise through a series of X-ray astronomy projects and applied it for our customers in the astronomy, fusion, defence, industrial, medical, synchrotron and analytical instrumentation sectors:

• Tailored CCD camera systems for use at X-ray, UV and optical wavelengths, both for imaging and spectroscopy, for use in scientific and industrial applications
• Sub-systems, detector test services, system design and prototyping services and research in the use of detector technology for innovative applications
• CCD drive systems for test and characterisation of CCDs, EMCCDs and SCDs

Our background enables us to offer unique and innovative technical solutions:

• Cameras based upon large area CCDs
• Photon-counting X-ray spectroscopy with deep depletion CCDs or sensors
• Fast optical/UV spectrometer systems with parallel image readout
• Extremely high resolution X-ray photon-counting (to within one tenth of a pixel)
• Masked CCDs for unusual applications
• CCDs for electron detection

Please read the data on this site and contact us for a detailed discussion of your technical requirements.

An introduction to Charge Coupled Devices and their operation is provided in the 'Introduction to CCDs' document available on the Applications Notes page.