News Release
Vacuum Ultraviolet Optical Characterization System, 120nm+
McPherson, Inc. (Chelmsford, MA USA) a manufacturer of instrumentation for measuring wavelengths of light, received a contract from the Optical Crystals group in the Solid State Physics Division of the Institute of Physics and Academy of Science (Czech Republic.) Under the contract, McPherson fabricated and delivered a vacuum ultraviolet spectrometer system to measure and characterize the optical and luminescence properties of optical crystals, films and single crystals (alkali halides, microcrystalline precipitates.)The McPherson instrument enables research efforts by allowing tunable, monochromatic vacuum ultraviolet wavelength sample excitation and subsequent emission measurements from the vacuum ultraviolet to the near infrared. The detection system is cooled and capable of 5nanosecond time resolution in the time-resolved signal collection mode. To increase the potential scope of future work, the sample chamber is prepared, ready for future augmentation. Ports are provided to allow introduction of cryogenically cooled samples as well as Excimer laser and x-ray excitation sources.