Our Spectroscopy Buyer's Guide provides an overview of optical spectrometers and their components. Optical spectrometers separate light by wavelength using a diffraction grating or prism. They consist of a light source, flipper mirrors, spherical/toroidal mirrors, a diffraction element, and a detector/camera.
This guide covers spectroscopy techniques like Raman spectroscopy, luminescence/PL spectroscopy, absorption/transmission spectroscopy, SFG/SHG spectroscopy, LIBS/OES spectroscopy, material science spectroscopy, chemistry & catalysis spectroscopy, SERS, multidimensional ultrafast spectroscopy, steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy, and combustion/fluid dynamics spectroscopy.
Lastly, this guide addresses the question of why optical spectrometers can be expensive. High-precision spectrometers require quality optical and mechanical parts, like accurately shaped mirrors, uniformly ruled diffraction gratings, and precise motors. Oxford Instruments offers optical spectrometers like the Andor Kymera and Shamrock series, providing high resolution, throughput, and modularity for various spectroscopy applications.
In summary, this Spectroscopy Buyer's Guide provides an overview of optical spectrometers, their components, and their applications in spectroscopy techniques.

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In the field of modern scientific-grade CCD detectors the arrival of back-illuminated CCDs and Electron-Multiplying EMCCDs has offered key enabling technology for the growing range of applications where the photon signal available is extremely low. Such applications include low-light cell microscopy and fast chemical mapping.
This eBook presents one of the key challenges associated with the use of back-illuminated, CCDs for Near-Infrared (NIR) detection, namely optical etaloning, and outlines with particular reference to a manufacturing process called ‘fringe suppression’.

This eBook provides an expert overview of microscopy acquisition and post-acquisition techniques and a summary of Microscopy Systems solutions matched to various research applications. In this eBook you will learn about:
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