Spectroscopy News

  1. Airborne Mapping Spectroscopy At NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 11/7/2016

    NASA's Airborne Visible / Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) work comes at a time when remote imaging technologies, more and more, are helping scientists understand the global distribution and major sources of air pollution. 

  2. KATRIN Spectrometer Experiment Attempts To Measure Precise Mass Of Neutrinos 10/17/2016

    Physicists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have switched on a 220-ton, 60 million euro ($66 million) apparatus that will attempt in the next five years to pin down the absolute mass of neutrinos – the so-called ghost particles of cosmology believed to hold vital clues to the origin and fate of the universe.

  3. Tornado Spectral Systems' Raman Spectroscopy System Gains CE Mark 10/13/2016

    Tornado Spectral Systems Inc., a leading manufacturer of dispersive optical Raman spectrometers is pleased to announce that it has met all the legal requirements for the CE mark to its new HyperFlux PRO Plus Raman spectroscopy system, making it now available to customers in the European Economic Area.

  4. “Smart” Contact Lens Uses Optical Biosensing To Detect Glucose 9/30/2016

    Scientists at the University of Houston (UH) have developed a new approach to glucose-sensing contact lenses by integrating an optical sensor. Though the correlation between glucose levels in tear samples and traditional blood samples is not yet established, the researchers said that their “smart” contact lens prototype demonstrates the versatility of their biosensing technology and a possible non-invasive alternative to existing glucose monitors.

  5. Ultra-Compact Pulsed 1064 Nm Laser For Hand-Held LIBS 9/20/2016

    Cobolt AB, Swedish manufacturer of high performance DPSS lasers, is proud to introduce the Cobolt Tor™ XS, a high performance Q-switched laser at 1064nm. The Cobolt Tor™ XS is designed for OEM integration into hand-held or portable instruments targeting LIBS applications.

  6. Si-Ware Systems Launches Volume Production of NeoSpectra Sensor for Material Analysis 9/2/2016

    Si-Ware Systems (SWS) has recently launched volume production of the smallest, lowest-cost infra-red spectrometer “engine” for developers. The award-winning NeoSpectra™ sensor module is now shipping to customers for development of innovative hand-held devices for material analysis in the field.

  7. New Discoveries About Photosynthesis May Lead To Solar Cells Of The Future 7/18/2016

    For the first time, researchers from Lund University have successfully measured in detail the flow of solar energy, in and between different parts of a photosynthetic organism.

  8. NIR Spectroscopy: Out Of The Lab And Into Your Pocket 7/4/2016

    Consumer Physics’ SCiO is a handheld spectrometer that empowers users to gather instant feedback on the chemical make-up of materials around them. The device uses a no-touch optical sensor to gather information and the data is sent, via Bluetooth, directly to the user’s smartphone, a system that allows for the product’s miniature size.

  9. New Spherical Electro-ceramic Components Designed For 360 Degree Ultrasonic Applications 6/10/2016

    PI (Physik Instrumente) now offers a line of standard and custom electro-ceramic hemispheres and hollow spheres for applications from echolocation (sonar) to flow measurement. These new components join the existing extensive catalog of disk, rods, cylinders, plates, blocks, rings, and tubes employed by high-tech research and industry fields, including medical engineering, mechanical engineering, aerospace, and semi-conductor applications.

  10. Excelitas Introduces New Optical Parametric Oscillator 5/30/2016

    Qioptiq, an Excelitas Technologies Company and global technology leader in delivering innovative optical and photonic solutions, introduces iFLEX-Agile, a high-power, continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO), which features optimized optics for a full wavelength range to enable seamless operation.