
ABOUT RAPTOR PHOTONICS
Raptor Photonics Limited is a global leader and manufacturer of high performance, industrial-grade and extremely rugged ultra-low light digital and analogue cameras.
Raptor specializes in complete cameras and core engine solutions using a range of CCD, EMCCD, SWIR and LWIR sensor technology. We are experts in low noise electronics, mechanical and electronic layout, firmware, cooling, packaging and optical configuration. As well as its portfolio of commercial off the shelf (COTS) products, Raptor provides custom solutions to OEM and Instrumentation companies throughout the world to meet the varied imaging needs and requirements of our customers.
The extreme low light capability of Raptor’s cameras makes them ideal for day/night surveillance, homeland security, aerospace, machine vision and scientific markets.
Our defence and aerospace customers are working in applications including gimbals / UAVs, HD long-range day/night SWIR imaging, airborne and ground payloads, handheld goggles, driving vision enhancement (DVE), airborne EVS, vision enhancement and LEO cubesats.
Our scientific and industrial customers’ applications include beam profiling, semiconductor inspection, thermography, spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging, microscopy, in-vivo imaging, art inspection, X-Ray and high energy, wafer inspection, adaptive optics and astronomy, calcium signalling, fluorescence imaging, flow cytometry, genome sequencing, high content screening, high resolution fluorescence imaging, hyperspectral imaging, live cell imaging, photon counting and single molecule detection.
Raptor is a registered ISO 9001:2015 company and is headquartered in Larne, Northern Ireland. Raptor Photonics Inc was set up in 2018 to service and support our customers in the US.
Additional information is available at www.raptorphotonics.com.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Raptor Photonics Limited
Willowbank Business Park
Larne, Co. Antrim, BT40 2SF
Phone: +44 (0)2828 270 141
USA CONTACT INFORMATION
Raptor Photonics Incorporated
Toll Free: 1(877) 230-4836
Main Office: (470) 231-0859
FEATURED PRODUCTS
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Open Front, X-Ray CCD Camera: Eagle XO
The Eagle XO is a high-energy, direct X-ray, open front model of one of the most sensitive CCD cameras in the world. It is ideally suited for use in thin film and nanofiber, holography and lithograph, X-ray microscopy, X-ray plasma diagnostics, and other X-ray imaging applications.
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In Vacuum High Energy X-Ray CCD Camera: Eagle XV
The Eagle XV is a high-energy, direct X-ray, In Vacuum CCD camera ideally designed for use in thin film and nanofiber, holography and lithograph, X-ray microscopy, X-ray plasma diagnostics, and other X-ray imaging applications.
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Fastest Scientific Open Front X-Ray EMCCD Camera: Falcon III XO
The Falcon III XO is the only high energy direct X-Ray camera using a 1MP Frame Transfer EMCCD sensor. The camera offers a combination of speed and sensitivity for soft X-Ray applications up to 20 KeV.
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In-Vacuum, Digital Monochrome EMCCD X-Ray Camera: Falcon III XV
Raptor Photonics’ Falcon III XV is the latest camera model designed for the in-vacuum X-Ray market and is perfect for imaging very weak X-Ray samples close to UV and VUV, where speed is important.
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High Speed, Digital SWIR Camera: Owl 320 HS
The Owl 320 HS from Raptor Photonics offers the fastest frame rates available in the Owl camera line-up (up to 349 Hz in full frame resolution), perfect for high speed VIS-SWIR applications within the 0.4 µm – 1.7 µm range. With Region of Interest (ROI) control, faster frame rates in the kHz region are achievable by setting smaller ROIs.
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High-Resolution, Low Noise Lineup Of VIS-SWIR Cameras: Owl 640 Series
The Owl 640 Series from Raptor Photonics comprises a number of VIS-SWIR cameras with high resolutions and low noise readouts. They are ideal for a variety of applications, including surveillance, astronomy, beam profiling, hyperspectral imaging, solar cell inspection, and other scientific applications.
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VGA Resolution, Ultra Low Noise, Cooled, Digital InGaAs Camera: Ninox 640 II
Raptor Photonics offers the Ninox 640 II as the next generation of the Ninox 640, a cooled, high sensitivity digital SWIR camera. With an ultra low typical readout noise (rms) of 18 electrons and a typical dark current reading of <750e- at -15°C, the Ninox 640 II improves even further on its noise performance. With dimensions of 87.30 mm x 78.86 mm x 79.30 mm and weighing 550 g, it is one of the most compact and lightweight scientific SWIR cameras available on the market.
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High Resolution, Low Noise, Cooled, Digital VIS-SWIR InGaAs Camera: Ninox 1280
The Ninox 1280 offers visible extension from 0.4 µm to 1.7 µm to enable high sensitivity scientific imaging using a 1280 x 1024 InGaAs sensor. With cooling to -15 °C, the camera achieves typical dark current readings of <2,000e/p/s at this temperature, allowing for longer exposure times. The 10 µm x 10 µm pixel pitch enables the highest resolution imaging. The camera will offer ultra-high intra-scene dynamic range of 69 dB enabling simultaneous capture of bright and dark portions of a scene.
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High resolution, High Sensitivity, Digital VIS-SWIR Camera: Owl 1280
The Owl 1280 from Raptor Photonics offers visible extension from 0.4 µm to 1.7 µm to enable high sensitivity imaging using a 1280 x 1024 InGaAs sensor from SCD. The 10 µm x 10 µm pixel pitch enables the highest resolution imaging. It will offer less than 50 electrons readout noise (rms) and with a high intra-scene dynamic range of 69 dB, this enables simultaneous capture of bright and dark portions of a scene.
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Ultra-Sensitive Monochrome Analogue EMCCD Camera: Hawk 216-A
Raptor Photonics’ Hawk 216-A EMCCD camera is a 768 x 576 digital monochrome camera with back-illuminated EMCCD technology to enable <50 µlux, ultimate high sensitivity imaging. It has greater than 90% QE @ 600 nm, enhanced blue response from 180 nm for underwater and UV detection, and fan-less cooling for system integration or discrete low light surveillance.
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High Resolution, Ultra-Sensitive Digital EMCCD Camera: Hawk 252
The Hawk 252 is a cooled HD ultra-sensitive digital EMCCD camera offering back-illuminated EMCCD technology for enabling ultimate sensitivity imaging (<50μlux). The camera features high QE of greater than 95% at 600 nm, and GEN III image intensifier performance and enhanced blue response from 180 nm for low light UV with visible detection.
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Digital Scientific Frame Transfer EMCCD: Kestrel
Raptor Photonics’ Kestrel is a digital monochrome scientific frame transfer EMCCD camera with high sensitivity, speed and resolution, and QE up to 95%. With the EM gain on, it offers less than 1 electrons read noise.
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EMCCD Camera: Falcon III
The new Falcon III from Raptor Photonics incorporates a new EMCCD back-illuminated sensor offering 1MP resolution with 10µm square pixels. It images with a peak QE of >95% offering unsurpassed sensitivity with less than 0.1 electrons readout noise. It offers the combination of ultimate sensitivity and speed through a single output amplifier thereby maximizing uniformity. It is three times faster than previous generation EMCCDs running at 31Hz in full resolution, with superior linearity and low gain performance. Ideal applications include adaptive optics, astronomy, calcium signaling, fluorescence imaging, spectroscopy, genome sequencing, live cell imaging, and X-ray tomography.
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-90°C 1MP And 4MP Scientific CCDs: Eagle Series
Raptor Photonics introduces the Eagle series of -90°C 1MP and 4MP scientific CCD cameras. With featured back-illuminated CCD sensor from e2v (CCD42-40 and CCD47-10), and Raptor’s proprietary PentaVac vacuum enclosure and cooling it to -90°C, the Eagle is the perfect camera for long exposure applications.
NEWS
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Raptor SWIR Cameras Improve Productivity For The Remote Sensing Of Vegetation
Forage Mass Monitoring (FFM) analysis has been traditionally done using biomass sampling to calculate biomass yield per hectare. Raptor Photonics has recently published an application note showing how reflectance spectroscopy methods using drone based remote sensing systems are now being used to derive well-established vegetation indices (VIs) more efficiently than biomass sampling.
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Raptor Photonics Appoints A New Distributor In India
Raptor Photonics Ltd. (Raptor) is pleased to announce that S M Creative Electronics Ltd (SMCEL) has been appointed as a distributor of its camera solutions in India.
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Raptor Launches The ninox 640 SU, The Highest Sensitivity SWIR Camera In The World!
Raptor Photonics has launched the Ninox 640 SU, a vacuum cooled InGaAs based camera with 640x512 sensor with a 15µm x 15µm pixel pitch for the highest spatial resolution. The Ninox 640SU is vacuum cooled to -80°C for ultra-long exposures of up to 5 minutes.
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Raptor Appoints A New Sales Manager
Raptor Photonics Ltd, a global manufacturer of SWIR, CCD, EMCCD and CMOS cameras, has announced that Peter Hagen has joined the company as Sales Manager.
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Raptor Launches Ultrafast And Sensitive EMCCD Camera For Under $25K
Raptor Photonics has released the Kestrel, an ultra-fast EMCCD camera, offering single photon sensitivity at KHz frame rates for under $25K. Using a cooled back-illuminated sensor, it offers ultra-high sensitivity from 350nm to 1100nm with a peak QE of 95% at 600nm.