Gatan Stela Hybrid-Pixel Camera for 4D STEM
The Gatan Stela is a hybrid-pixel camera for 4D STEM. It’s a complete system integrated with Gatan Microscopy Suite, making it easy to bring advanced 4D STEM techniques to your electron microscopy lab.
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Gatan Stela TEM Camera
The new Gatan Stela is the only fully integrated hybrid-pixel electron detector for TEM (Transmission Electron Microscopes) with STEMx for advanced 4D STEM diffraction.

Hybrid-Pixel Camera
The new camera incorporates technology from DECTRIS, an industry leader in hybrid-pixel X-ray and electron detectors. The hybrid-pixel electron detector is fully integrated with the Gatan Microscopy Suite platform.
Bringing 4D STEM to the Mainstream
The new system offers a complete workflow for advanced 4D STEM (four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy) diffraction. Gatan aims to bring the technique into the mainstream, making it easier than ever to incorporate the technique in your electron microscopy lab.
4D STEM
In materials design and discovery, STEM is commonly used to focus an electron probe (from a few nanometers to sub-atomic dimensions) onto a specimen to collect various signals, as the electrons interact with and scatter from the sample.
With 4D STEM diffraction, the probe is rastered on the specimen in a 2D array. At each probe position, a 2D diffraction pattern is imaged on a pixelated detector. This generates a 4D data cube that can then be examined further.
The collaboration between Gatan and DECTRIS brings you the advanced technology necessary to successfully collect the diffraction patterns for 4D STEM:
- Robust, easy-to-use software for data acquisition and analysis
- High quality data
- A detector with fast acquisition speeds

Imaging at Low kV
The Stela camera extends Gatan’s 4D STEM portfolio to include advanced materials at low kV. It’s optimised for imaging materials that require diffraction studies at <80 kV.
More Information
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