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2.7 - COOLING

Cooling of a CCD or EMCCD sensor allows efcient reduction of dark current and unwanted silicon matrix ‘hot defects’

contributions. For optimum accuracy the EMCCD sensor temperature should be stabilized at a target value within the

accessible range of the camera platform

The Temperature Control Dialog is accessed via the Hardware/Temperature menu:

or by double clicking on the temperature display at the bottom left corner of the main SOLIS application window:

Once the cooler is switched ON the current temperature is displayed in the bottom left of the main application window

and the background of the icon will turn red.

As the system cools, the temperature displayed will decrease in 1°C increments. Indication of sensor temperature

stabilization in Solis software is given by a coloured indicator at the bottom left of the main window, changing from RED

(target cooling temperature not stabilized) to BLUE (stabilized).

NOTE: Please refer to COOLING in Section 3.2 for details of minimum achievable temperatures, and important

advice on avoiding overheating.

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