Confotec™ NR500 > SOL

 Spatial resolutions?

 Laser?

 Objective lens: magnification 

 and numerical aperture NA

 XY Spatial resolution?

 Z Spatial resolution?

 488 nm

 100^X, NA = 0.95?

 295 nm

 450 nm

 633 nm

 100^X, NA = 0.95?

 395 nm

 590 nm

 785 nm

 100^X, NA = 0.95?

 560 nm

 750 nm

 Spectral range for Raman spectra detection:

 30 cm ^-1 ～ 6000 cm ^-1 

 Spectral resolution:

 0,25 cm^-1 (75 l/mm Echelle grating)?

 Sensitivity:

 peak of the 4th order of the Raman spectrum of Si is detected  within 1 min

 Modes of scanning:

 - Fast mapping: scanning of a laser beam along the 

 surface of a sample with XY galvanoscanner

- shifting a sample with XY motorized scanning stage

 near a fixed laser beam

- combined mode for fast obtaining panoramic images 

 with high spatial resolution: XY scanner (Fast mapping) +  motorized microscope stage

 Maximum scanning field size in the "Fast mapping" mode:

 XY 150 х 150 μm (with objective lens 100^х)?

 Period of registration for one frame 150 х 150 μм in the 

 "Fast mapping" mode:

 3 s. / 1001 х 1001 pixels

 PC control:

 fully automated

 Microscope

 *Type, model:

 inverted Nikon Ti-S and upright Nikon Ni-U

 Motorized scanning stage:

 automated

 - travel range

 114 х 75 mm

 - accuracy (1 mm of shift)

 0.06 μm

 - XY repeatability

 ± 1 μm

 - minimal step

 0.02 μm

 Micro objective lens:

 100^х NA-0.95

 20^х NA-0.50 and other

 Z-scanner:

 piezo scanner

 - objective translation range

 80 μm

 - objective translation step

 50 nm

 - repeatability

 High-resolution digital video camera:

 digital color CCD camera

 - sensor

 1/2", 2048 x 1536 pixels

 - ADC

 10 bit, speed 12 frames/s

 Laser radiation delivery:

 three-position turret

 * other types of inverted or upright microscopes available

 Optical-mechanical unit (OMU)

 Optimized optics for spectral range:

 325 - 1050 nm (UV-VIS-NIR)

 400 - 1100 nm (VIS-NIR)

 Laser radiation delivery:

 triple- and quintuple input port

 Laser beam attenuator:

 automated unit with VND filter, 0 - 3D

 Polarizers (excitation channel) and analyzer 

 (detection channel):

 Glan-Taylor prism (automated unit)

 Laser beam expander:

 automated vario telescope, magnification factor 1.0 ? 4.0^x?

 Half-wave (λ/2) plate positioner:

 automated three- / five-postion

 Raman filter positioner:

 automated three- / five-postion

 Interference filter positioner:

 automated six-position

 Pre-pinhole objective lens positioner:

 automated three-coordinated (X, Y, Z)

 Image Monochromator-Spectrograph MS5004i

 Optical configuration:

 vertical

 Focal length:

 520 mm

 Magnification:

 1.0 vertical,

 1.0 horizontal

 Vertical spatial resolution:

 < 20 μm

 Flat field size:

 28 х 5 mm

 Stray light:

 1 х 10^-5 (20 nm from laser line 633 nm)?

 Diffraction grating unit:

 automated four-position turret

 Spectral resolution:

 (wavelength 500 nm, CCD pixel 12 x 12 μm)

 0.25 cm^-1 (Echelle grating 75 l/mm)

 0.9 cm^-1 (grating 1800 l/mm)

 Spectral slits:

 automated confocal pinhole, smoothly regulated from 0 to

 1.5 mm

 - entrance

 automated, smoothly regulated from 0 to 2 mm

 - output

 automated, smoothly regulated from 0 to 2 mm

 Ports:

 1 input, 2 output

 Output ports switching:

 automated output mirror

 Spectral camera for spectrograph

 Type:

 digital CCD camera

 Sensor type:

 back-thinned CCD sensor 2048 х 122 pixels

 Pixel size:

 12 x 12 μm

 Pixel area size:

 24.576 x 1.464 mm (width x height)

 Spectral response range:

 from 200 to 1100 nm

 Cooling with temperature stabilization:

 two-stage Peltier element, min ? 45 °С 

 ADC:

 16 bit

 Sensivity:

 1 photon for 1 ADC reading (at the max. sensivity of 650 nm)

 Dynamic range:

 not less than 10 000

 Fast scanning unit X, Y

 Scanners:

 galvanometer scanners with X, Y mirrors

 Scanning modes:

 raster high-speed and start-stop

 Positioning accuracy:

 30 nm

 Scanning area:

 150 μm х 150 μm (with 100^Х objective lens)?

 Scanning speed:

 3 s/frame 1001 х 1001 pixels

 Unit of confocal laser microscope

 Pre-pinhole objective lens positioner:

 automated three-coordinate (X, Y, Z)

 Confocal pinhole:

 automated confocal pinhole, smoothly regulated from

 0 to 1.5 mm

 Detector:

 Hamamatsu Photosensor module H6780-01?

 Lasers

 Type of laser:

 Up to 5 lasers can be used simultaneously

 Wavelength, nm?

 Output power, mW?

 He-Cd Laser (Single Mode

 (TEM00) He-Cd):

 325

 15,30,40,50 

 Diode-pumped Laser (DPSS):

 473

 25,50 

 Diode-pumped Laser (DPSS):

 532

 25,50 

 He-Ne Laser:

 633

 10

 Diode-pumped laser (DPSS):

 785

 80

 Using of other types of lasers with wavelength from 350 to 850 nm is possible