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Andor portfolio of high sensitivity detectors, highly modular spectrographs and temperature-controlled sample holders down to <3K (cryostats) provide cutting-edge technology blocks for home-builder spectroscopists. Researchers can tailor their detection configurations to capture and analyse the optical signatures of various samples under controlled environments with the highest degree of accuracy, using Photoluminescence, Raman, Absorption/Reflectance or Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Spectroscopy techniques.
This flexibility provides scientists with analytical tools suitable for the study of a wide range of samples in the fields of advanced Material Science including semiconductors, quantum sources, thin films studies at the macro and micro-level, Chemical and Catalysis or Biophyics.
Request Pricing Ask a QuestionOur highly configurable solutions offer workhorse Research platforms to address analysis challenges associated with a wide range of samples, photon regimes and (multimodal) experimental configurations, from the macro to micro-scale.
Andor spectrographs’ unique combination of modularity, range of optical/spectral performance, light coupling and detection options provide Researcher and OEMs with configurable platforms that can be tailored to tackle simple and more complex analytical challenges, year after year, experiment after experiment, without sacrificing accuracy and repeatability of measurements, at the touch of a button.
* Spectral improvement up to 30% with patented Adaptive Focus™ without bandpass sacrifice
Request PricingAndor’s market-leading optical cryostats are the most efficient and economical for a wide range of spectroscopy applications. Our range for Macro and Micro-analysis are available with liquid nitrogen (LN2), liquid helium and Cryofree™ technologies, sample in vacuum and sample in exchange gas systems, and with sample temperatures from <2.2 K to 500 K.
| Model | OptistatDN-X | OptistatDN-V | OptistatCF-X | OptistatCF-V | OptistatDry TLEX | OptistatDry BLV |
| Cryogen | Nitrogen | Nitrogen | Helium (or Nitrogen) | Helium (or Nitrogen) | Cryofree™ | Cryofree™ |
| Sample Environment | Exchange Gas | Vacuum | Exchange Gas | Vacuum | Exchange Gas | Vacuum |
| Base temperature | 77.2 K | 77.2 K | 3.4 K | 3.2 K | 6.5 (4 windows) | 6.5 (4 windows) |
| Minimum temperature | 77.2 K | 77.2 K | 2.3 K*** | 2.2 K*** | <4 K (blanks fitted) | <3 K (blanks fitted) |
| Maximum temperature | 300K (500 K*) | 500 K | 300K (500 K*) | 500 K | 300 K | 300 K |
| Temperature stability (period) | ±0.1 K (10 mins) | ±0.1 K (10 mins) | ±0.1 K (10 mins) | ±0.1 K (10 mins) | ±0.1 K (10 mins) | ±0.1 K (10 mins) |
| Maximum sample space | 20 mm Ø | 20 mm Ø | 20 mm Ø | 30 mm x 58 mm | 20 mm Ø | 40 mm x 50 mm |
| Sample holder dims | 19 mm x 30 mm | 20 mm x 50 mm | 19 mm x 30 mm | 20 mm x 50 mm | 19 mm x 30 mm | 20 mm x 50 mm |
| Cooldown from room temperature | 20 mins | 20 mins | 10 mins | 10 mins | 6 hrs | <2.5 hrs (LX20), <3 hrs (DC12) |
| Vibration | n/a | n/a | <0.1 µm RMS** | <0.1 µm RMS** | <10 µm RMS** | <10 µm RMS** |
| Customer wiring | 10 DC | 10 DC | 10 DC | 10 DC | 10 DC | 20 DC (LX20), 12 DC (DC12) |
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| Model | MicrostatN | MicrostatHe | MicrostatHiRes |
| Cryogen | Nitrogen | Helium (or Nitrogen) | Helium (or Nitrogen) |
| Sample Environment | Vacuum | Vacuum | Vacuum |
| Base Temperature | 77K | 3.2K | 3.4K |
| Minimum Temperature | 77K | 2.2K* | 2.7K* |
| Maximum Temperature | 500K | 500K | 500K |
| Temperature Stability (Period) | +-0.5K (10 Mins) | +-0.1K (10 Mins) | +-0.1K (10 Mins) |
| Sample Space Diameter x height (mm) | 20 x 2 | 20 x 5 | 20 x 5 |
| Working Distance (mm) | 2 | 4.5 - 5.5 | 2.2 - 2.7 |
| Cooldown from Room Temperature | <10 Min | <10 Min | <15 Min |
| Cryogenic Consumption (L/HR) ~ 4.2K (80K for LN2) | <0.5 L/Hr | <0.45 L/Hr | <0.7 L/Hr |
| Vibration | <0.1 μm | <0.1 μm | <20 nm |
| Lateral Sample Drift at Constant Temperature | <1 μm/hr | <1 μm/hr | <150 nm/hr |
| Customer Wiring | 4 dc | 10 dc | 10 dc |
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* With 40m3 Rotary Pump Option
** Typical, in conjunction with loca vibration mitigation practices
Non-invasive probing techniques like Raman, Photoluminescence, or Absorption can provide very specific information on the structural (including presence of defects or behaviour under strain/stress), electronics behaviour or light emission properties of a wide range of advanced semiconductor structures.
These range from low dimensional nanocrystals, Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDs) or organic semiconductors (e.g. OLEDs) to more complex microelectronics and light harvesting structures.
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Application of optical spectroscopy in quantum science include the characterisation of electronics and optical properties of single-photon sources such as Quantum Dots (QDs) and nitrogen vacancy (NV) in diamond, as well as the study of how these sources can interface with systems relevant to quantum communication.
Andor imaging EMCCDs and gated ICCDs detectors are also at the forefront of quantum science research, in particular photon-entanglement experiments.
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Advanced material science plays a key role in the development of efficient renewable energy harvesting systems including solar/photovoltaic cells, as well the development of more efficient energy storage solutions which include the implementation of novel nano/micro-structures and novel catalysts in batteries.
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The spectroscopic study of the transformation processes of chemical species (reactants) to new chemical species (products) with different structure/arrangement/properties.
Chemical reaction types include synthesis, decomposition, displacement (a more active element displaces another less active element from a compound), redox and isomerisation.
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The study of the effect of light absorption (typically in the UV-IR region) by chemical species, resulting in chemical or physical property changes.
It includes the analysis of the transformation processes in molecules, specifically studying their transient excited states /energy transfer processes, as characterised through a Jablonski diagram, on timescales ranging from millisecond to picoseconds.
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