Ocean Optics Produces USB2000+, its Fastest Spectrometer Yet
Monitor high-speed reactions at up to 1000 scans per second
Dunedin, Florida (January 31, 2008) – To monitor high-speed chemical and biochemical reactions, Ocean Optics has produced its fastest spectrometer to date, the USB2000+ Miniature Fiber Optics Spectrometer. The CCD-array detector with high-speed USB 2.0 port interface can capture and store a full spectrum into memory at 1000 scans per second.
The spectrometer measures optical properties within a wavelength band of 200 – 1100 nm. It can be equipped with a custom selected fixed grating which disperses the light to the 2048-element CCD array detector, producing results at a resolution to 0.35nm with FWHM (Full Width at Half Maximum) image sharpness.
The USB2000+’s programmable microcontroller allows flexibility in controlling the spectrometer through its digital and analog general purpose input/output interface and can be used in various trigger modes. The internal non-volatile EEPROM memory chip stores the wavelength calibration to be automatically used by the operating software.
Spectrometer operation is simplified with Ocean Optics’ user interface SpectraSuite software. The completely modular, Java-based spectroscopy software operates on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. The USB2000+ connects directly to the computer via the USB cable and does not require an outside power source.
The USB2000+ can be custom configured with the help of Ocean Optics applications scientists; user choose from 14 gratings, six slits and hundreds of fiber optic accessories to create a system optimized to a specific application. Upgrading and changing the sampling system is as easy as unscrewing a connector and adding new components or accessories, such as light sources, sampling holders, filter holders, flow cells, fiber optic probes and sensors, collimating lenses, attenuators, diffuse reflectance standards, integrating spheres or optical fibers.
