Miniature Fiber Optic Spectrometers

The benchtop, or desktop platform consists of the spectrometer and its housing, plus an Ocean Optics A/D card or serial port interface. This platform can accommodate up to 8 spectrometer channels -- a master and 7 slaves -- each of which  operates from the same A/D card.

Fiber Optic Light Sources & Sampling Optics

The LS - 1 Tungsten Halogen Light Source is a versatile  white - light source ( 360nm - 2microm ) offering high color temperature, extremly efficient output and very long life, in a compact, economical package

The DT - 1000 Deuterium Tungsten Halogen Light  Source combines the continuous spectrum of its two light sources in a single optical path. The result is a powerful, very stable outputs from ~200 - 1000nm.

Standard cuvette holders are available for 1 -cm and 10 -cm cuvettes. The CUV - ALL 4 - way cuvette holders for 1 -cm cuvettes have fiber optic couplings at 4 collimators -- 5 -mm diameter f/2 collimating lenses optimized for the UV - VIS, VIS/NIR or UV - VIS - NIR. Optical fiber can be attached at these collimators to read or illluminate the sample. When combined with spectormeters and light sources, CUV - ALL assimblies can measure absorbance, fluorescence, scattering, or any combination of these optical phenomena.

The PIP - 10 SPECTROPIPETTER is flexible, 10 -mm path length device for rapid spectral measurement of small - volume smples -- only 2 microl of the sample is required for spectral measurement. The SpectroPipetter not only carries light to and from sample, but acts as a plunger to retrieve the sample. Infacat, the tip of the pipette includes a micro - sample cell that acts as an optical wave guide for aqueous sample solutions. The SpectroPipetter conveniently couples to the high - sensitivity fiber optic spectormeters and compact light sources.

The FIA - 1000 - Z  is an automated liquid handling system that couples to the miniature fiber optic spectrometers for rapid, quantitative analysis of solutions. The FIA - 1000 - Z consists of a two - channel peristaltic pump, a 1 -cm path length fiber optic flow cell, fittings kit and Windows - based operating software. A pair of optical fibers completes the sampling package. The cell has an optical path of 1.5 mm, and is available in Plexiglas, Teflon or stainless stell.