Camera Capabilities and Limitations with a Focus on Neutral Atoms

No scientific camera is perfect and no camera is ideal for every application; there are always tradeoffs. A "scientific" camera is similar to an instrument and understanding the precision and accuracy of measurements facilitates high quality research. Dr. Bennett will describe the architectures and limitations of EMCCD and sCMOS camera technologies emphasizing the relevance of these differences focusing on application to the error rate of neutral atom and trapped ion state detection. We will review resolution, speed, different camera noise factors, field of view, throughput, full well capacity, dynamic range, quantum efficiency, modulation transfer function, and pixel uniformity.