Have you ever asked yourself why all Andor cameras have an offset of a few hundred counts?
And why you can choose between various preamp settings? What are the (dis-) advantages in regard to sensitivity, dynamics and SNR?
Adam Wise, Application Scientist at Andor Technology, gives the answers to these and many other questions in a series of short and vivid videos.

YouTube channel "Imaging and Spectroscopy Tutorials"

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