Microscope Covers UV, Visible, and NIR Regions

An ultra violet (UV) microscope embodies both advanced optics for cutting edge UV, visible, and near-infrared (NIR) range imaging and visualization. Samples can be imaged from deep UV all the way into the far near-infrared. The system is very easy to use and very durable.

Produced by Craic Technologies (San Dimas, CA, USA), the new UVM-1 UV microscope can image from deep ultraviolet to near-infrared with one seamless operation. It can acquire images in absorbance, reflectance, and fluorescence. It can be fitted with both the DirecVuto to view samples by eye as well as with the high-resolution digital imaging system.

The UVM-1 was developed in response to customer needs for cutting-edge performance. "Many of our customers want to be able to image deeper into the UV or into the NIR regions with higher spectral resolutions and improved sensitivity. The UVM-1 is designed to meet those requirements with a robust and durable instrument,” said Paul Martin, president of Craic. "With such features as broadband optics, TE [thermoelectric] cooled CCD [charged-coupled device] detectors and UV through NIR digital imaging, this microscope can be used for scientific research and industrial quality control in fields such as pharmaceuticals and flat panel displays.”

The UVM-1 uses range from purely scientific research to industrial applications to quality control. For example, the UVM-1 is equally at home monitoring for defects in flat panel displays as it is researching the properties of protein crystals or quantum dots. Absorbance, transmission, reflectance, polarization, and fluorescence illumination in the UV, visible, and near-infrared regions can all be done with the same microscope.

Special features of the microscope include trace evidence, flat panel displays, semiconductor film thickness, and surface plasmon resonance. Applications include DNA analysis, forensic drug chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, micro-electric mechanical (MEMS) devices, deep UV microscopy, and visible range microscopy.



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