In order to provide customers with a wider range of applications in the near infrared range, from 1000nm up to 2.2µm, Avantes has extended its spectrometer platform with the AvaSpec-NIR256.
The new AvaSpec USB 2.0 is a modular system mounted in 9.5-inch desktop (for one to four channels) or 19-inch rack mount housing (for up to 10 channels).
To be accessible to a wider range of applications, such as LIBS and plasma monitoring, Avantes has extended its spectrometer platform with the AvaSpec-3648-USB2, a new detector type, which supports a larger range of integration times.
Organoid imaged with Andor’s desktop confocal microscope system, the BC43. Credit: Andor
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Illustration of a three-dimensional crystal with various types of confining centres. (a) Crystal with four confining centres, each trapping waves (yellow) in all three dimensions simultaneously. (b) Crystal with a linear confining centre where waves can propagate in one dimension, analogous to an optical fibre. (c) Crystal with a planar confining centre where waves can propagate in two dimensions, analogous to a 2D electron gas. (Image: Vos et al.)
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