View Stage allows spatial discrimination down to 50 microns.
Press Release Summary:
FT-Raman View Stage installs entirely inside laser-safe sample compartment. Integrated video camera allows direct observation of specimens mounted on horizontal x-y-z motorized stage with 25X magnification. Stage is completely controlled through OMNIC spectroscopy software. Optional video capture and micro-mapping software allows automated data collection. FT-Raman View Stage also operates as macro-sampling accessory with snap-in sample cups and microscope slide clips.
Original Press Release:
An FT-Raman Sampling Configuration from Thermo Nicolet
MADISON, Wis. (August, 2002) - Thermo Nicolet offers the award-winning FT-Raman View Stage. This unique micro- and macro-sampling configuration for Thermo Nicolet FT-Raman spectrometers installs entirely inside the laser-safe sample compartment. The integrated video camera allows direct observation of specimens, mounted on the horizontal x-y-z motorized stage, with 25X magnification. The video image makes it easy to center small samples in the active analysis zone by directly viewing the Raman excitation laser spot on the specimen. For heterogeneous samples, the FT-Raman View Stage has a small laser spot size to allow spatial discrimination down to 50 microns. The stage is completely controlled through Thermo Nicolet OMNIC spectroscopy software. Optional video capture and micro-mapping software allows automated data collection. The FT-Raman View Stage also operates as a macro-sampling accessory with the convenient snap-in sample cups and microscope slide clips. For more information, contact us at 800-201-8132 or visit our Web site at www.thermo.com/nicolet. About Thermo Electron Thermo Electron Corporation is a global leader in providing technology-based instruments, components, and systems that offer total solutions for markets ranging from life sciences to telecommunications to food, drug, and beverage production. The company's powerful technologies help researchers sift through data to make discoveries that will fight disease or prolong life. They allow manufacturers to fabricate critical components required to increase the speed and quality of communications. And they automatically monitor and control online production to ensure that quality standards are met safely and efficiently. Thermo Electron, based in Waltham, Massachusetts, reported $2.2 billion in revenues in 2001 and employs approximately 12,000 people worldwide. For more information on Thermo Electron, visit www.thermo.com.
