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Microspectra 1™ Microscope Photometer

Adding photometry to your microscope™

The Microspectra 1™ Microscope Photometer is designed to add photometry and imaging to your optical microscope.  Actually, the Microspectra 1™ is better described as a microscope radiometer in that it has a spectral range from the deep UV to the near infrared.  It is limited only by the microscope itself. 

The Microspectra 1™ microphotometer attaches to your microscope and enables you to collect transmission, reflectance or even fluorescence and luminescence photometric data of microscopic samples. The solid state detectors have dynamic ranges and sensitivities greater than PMTs or imaging systems.  With complete software control, either broad- or narrow-band photometric intensity measurements can be made.  Additionally, with the use of CRAIC reference materials, precise photometric intensities can be recorded relative to the reference material.  With the Microspectra 1™ microphotometer, high quality photometry of even sub-micron samples can be done quickly, non-destructively and easily.

The Microspectra 1™ Microscope Photometer can be configured for photometry from the deep ultraviolet to near infrared. It can be added to a microscope to acquire photometric data and images in absorbance, reflectance, and fluorescence. The lit hexagonal optical head is a trademark of CRAIC Technologies, Inc.
Applications
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Cytophotometry
  • Immunofluorescence
  • Cytofluorimetry
  • Intracellular calcium measurements
  • DNA analysis
  • Thickness measurements
  • Ion and pH measurements
  • Mineralogy
  • Densitometry
  • Vitrinite reflectance
  • Photoreceptor analysis 
  • Gemology
Key Advantages
  • TE cooled detector for low noise and long term stability
  • Total spectral range from deep UV to NIR with the specific range selected by the user
  • Single, dual or triple ratiometric measurement capabilities
  • High dynamic range & high sensitivity
  • High spatial resolution & stray light resistance
  • Variable measurement areas down to sub-micron
  • Also incorporates high resolution digital imaging...up to 6 megapixels
 

Photometry of mineralsMicroscope photometer data presented as a histogram

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UV-visible-NIR microscopes, UV-visible-NIR microspectrometers and Raman microspectrometers are general purpose laboratory instruments. They have not been cleared or approved by the European IVD Directive, the United States Food and Drug Administration or any other agency for diagnostic, clinical or other medical use.