San Jose, CA (January 24, 2006) Electrophysics, a leader in infrared imaging systems, extends the Silver family with the Silver 220S high-performance, short wave infrared camera. The Silver 220S is the ideal thermal camera for a wide range of infrared applications, including imaging spectroscopy, laser beam analysis, R&D and target signature analysis. The launch of the 220S further demonstrates Electrophysics’ dedication to offering the most comprehensive and technologically advanced line of infrared imaging systems for a variety of applications across the entire infrared spectrum.

Silver 220S
Unlike SWIR imaging systems based on the Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) crystal, the Silver 220S’s 320x256 Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT) focal plane array provides a broader spectral response ranging from 0.8 to 2.5ìm. The broader response, combined with the 220S’s high QE (>70%), is particularly important for users dealing with applications that require excellent sensitivity at infrared wave-lengths to 2500nm, such as the water absorption band at 1.95 microns. Featuring variable “snapshot” integration from 1ìs to 10ms, and interchangeable C-mount optics, which give the user the ability to configure the camera for specific target geometries, the Silver 220S is the ideal system for applications such as laser beam profiling and analysis.

Like its sibling the Silver 420M, the Silver 220S boasts a full format programmable frame rate, ranging from 1hz to 100hz. The Silver 220S is also capable of sub-array windowing, with the capability to capture images at up to 400hz in a 320x64 sub-window format.

User Friendly Design
Truly plug-and-play, the Silver series of high-performance IR cameras are among the most user-friendly imaging systems available for thermography applications. With USB 2.0 output for digital video or optional CAMLINK for more demanding users (standard on the Silver 450M), the Silver requires no proprietary frame grabber cards. The Silver family also features low noise 14-bit digital electronics, which with user performed calibration, provides fully-radiometric IR imagery at any selected integration setting. The Silver is also designed to interface with ALTAIR™, Electrophysics’ powerful image-capture and analysis workstation featuring a wide complement of tools including radiometric measurements.

Like all Electrophysics imaging solutions, the Silver family of high-performance IR cameras is backed by Electrophysics’ knowledgeable and dedicated customer service support staff.

Headquartered in Fairfield, New Jersey, Electrophysics develops advanced near infrared, night vision and thermal imaging systems for use in a host of imaging applications. Since 1969, Electrophysics has maintained its focus on delivering products that reflect the company’s exceptional engineering capabilities to meet specific real world demands while keeping pace with rapidly evolving imaging technologies. The Company has realized exceptional growth as a result of its customer-centric philosophy and remains firmly committed to continually innovating its products in order to enhance the experience of end-users. Electrophysics is vertically integrated with expertise in complex signal processing, optics, embedded software, PC software applications development and hardware design.