Spectroscopy-based diagnostics in the fields of Material Science, Chemistry, Life Science or Fundamental Physics & Optics rely on the capture and analysis of optical and chemical signatures with a high degree of precision.
Andor portfolio of CCD, EMCCD, InGaAs, ICCD and sCMOS cameras offer tailored solutions to particular sample or optical phenomena detection and characterisation challenges for Raman, Luminescence/Photoluminescence, Non-Linear or Optical Emission Spectroscopy/LIBS –based experiments.
Raman Spectroscopy
Raman is a molecular spectroscopy technique that can provides chemical and structural fingerprint information for a wide range of samples, including for example nanomaterials, polymers, powders, liquids or cells/tissues. Key Raman techniques include:
Spontaneous and stimulated
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)
Surface Offset Raman Spectroscopy (SORS)
Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS)
Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS)
Luminescence
Luminescence spectroscopy is used for a large variety of applications including for example the study of metal complexes, organic LEDs (OLEDs), quantum dots, cell dynamics, stand-off detection of chemical compounds (e.g. explosives) or scintillators properties measurement. Key techniques include:
Fluorescence
Photoluminescence
Cathodoluminescence
Chemiluminescence
Absorption / Transmission / Reflection
Ultraviolet Visible Near-Infra red (UV-Vis-NIR) spectroscopy is useful to characterise the absorption, transmission, and reflectivity of a variety of materials such as pigments, biological, coatings, windows, filters,