 Electron-multiplying CCD (source code)

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= Electron-multiplying CCD
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= EMCCD
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An electron-multiplying CCD adds a high-field multiplication register before the output amplifier. <Impact ionization> generates a large mean gain, reducing input-referred <read noise> but adding <multiplication excess noise>.

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