News Release Archive

2007
Spectral Test Station provides 100mm diameter collimated and wavelength variable monochromatic light beam for spectral calibration and test.
Optical / mechanical components for ultraviolet applications, clean, Helium leak tested and ready for vacuum use.
'Hubble's Helpers' - McPherson vacuum ultraviolet monochromator systems help calibrate Cosmic Origin Spectrograph.
Thermally controlled aperture and slit systems for high performance monochromators and synchrotron monochromator beam lines
McPherson VUV spectrometer system to diagnose the tokamak fusion plasma at HL-2A Tokamak at the Southwestern Institute of Physics.
Spectrometer for High harmonic generation (HHG) from 4eV to 1.2keV tune wavelengths from ~1 to 300nm.

2006
642 x-ray source soft x-ray filament electron calibration light source
Raman Workstation a spectroscopy solutions
InFocus Newsletter PDF version of the 2006 Newsletter.
Multiple pass monochromators useful for reaching twice the resolution or dispersion with very aggressive f/number and excellent light throughput.

2005
The Model 225 NOVA VUV Monochromatorvacuum ultraviolet auto-focuing spectrometer
Fluorescence detector (fluorometer) with capability to detect from 4 flow cells simultaneously for atmospheric photochemistry

2004
Enhanced McPherson Model 231 1-meter focal length Seya Namioka vacuum ultraviolet monochromator
Flat-Field Grazing Incidence Spectrometer for Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-ray Instruments for 1 to 20-nm for XUV, soft x-ray and EUV experiments.
High Energy Spectral Detection simplified and fast data collection for your vacuum and extreme UV experiments.

2003
Remote flourescence detector Detect flourescence from remote, hostile or unusual samples by dedicated fiber connected fluorescence spectrometer
UT3 - Ultimate Triple Triple spectrometer for Raman Spectroscopy with master off-axis parabolic optics
Spatial Mapping of Large Samples in Deep Ultraviolet map large samples in ultraviolet, measure large part homogeneity, pellicle uniformity.
Picometer Spectral Resolution by McPherson Model 2062 in Double Pass mode (2062DP)
RotoSpec™ Measure true color and special effect pigments in terms of transmissiona, reflectance and corrected fluorescence.

2002
Photon Grabber Large (12" diameter) reflective confocal objective with 6X magnification
EUV Spectrometer Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer for astrophysics calibration, high harmonic generation or plasma diagnostics.
Fluorescence Detector for Environmental Monitoring
Phosphor Analyzer with Deep and Vacuum UV Excitation

2001
157 nm Spectrophotometer / Spectral Reflectometer measure transmittance and reflectance in vacuum / purge environment.
Vacuum Polarizer/Analyzer Unit
Auto-Focusing Normal Incidence Monochromator
McPherson ships the tenth vacuum UV spectrophotometer to lithography community
Double Monochromators Feature Dual 350-mm Focal Length

2000
McPherson UHV Spherical Grating Monochromator
Dual Beam 115 to 380-nm, Deep and Vacuum Ultraviolet Test Station

1998
NASA Issues Award to McPherson
Model 621 Universal Light Source

1997
Model 303 Prism Spectrometer
McPherson moves facilities to Chelmsford, MA.
Spatial information / Imaging Spectrometeres