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AssigneeZinir Limited
InventorsIan Goodyer, Tracy Ann Nutall, Rudi Labarbe, Nicholas Salvatore Arini, Andrew Seddon, Nick Stock, Gary Ross, Ralf Patz
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A spectrophotometer has a first photodetector (24) and a second photodetector (25) which is displaced spatially from the first photodetector in the direction of increasing wavelength in the spectrum. At any given time the second photodetector receives light at a wavelength which is substantially greater than that being received simultaneously by the first photodetector at that time. The first photodetector has first range of wavelengths over which it is operable and a first upper operating limit, and the second photodetector has a second range of wavelengths over which it is operable and a second upper operating limit, the second range overlapping the first range and the second upper operating limit being greater than the first upper operating limit. Thus the range of operation is extended, and data in two different ranges is processed simultaneously. The spectrophotometer comprises a housing (1) containing a light source (11), a monochromator (15, 16, 18) and the photodetectors, there being a fibre optic connected to a probe (2) for transmitting light from the light source to a sample to be analysed and receiving light from the sample. Optical components are mounted to a chassis (26) of the housing rigidly, the chassis being connected to the housing by shock absorbing mounts (28, 29). The light source is mounted to the housing by means of an adjuster (24) providing for adjustment laterally with respect to the optical axis of the light source.
A spectrophotometer comprising means for directing light having a plurality of wavelengths to means arranged to produce a spectrum of different wavelengths distributed spatially, a first photodetector for receiving at any given time light in said spectrum within only a relatively narrow range of wavelengths, and means for effecting relative movement between the first photodetector and the spectrum so that the range of wavelengths received by the photodetector varies as a function of time;
A spectrophotometer comprising a housing containing a light source, a first light transmitting connection between the housing and a probe for transmitting light from the light source to a sample to be analysed, a second light transmitting connection between the housing and the probe for receiving light from the sample to be analysed, and, within the housing, optical components comprising means for directing the received light to means arranged to produce a spectrum of different wavelengths distributed spatially, and at least one photodetector for detecting light in the spectrum, wherein the optical components are mounted rigidly to a chassis which is mounted within the housing by means for at least partially absorbing shock and/or vibrations.
A spectrophotometer comprising a housing containing a light source, a first light transmitting connection between the housing and a probe for transmitting light from the light source to a sample to be analysed, a second light transmitting connection between the housing and the probe for receiving light from the sample to be analysed, and, within the housing, means for directing the received light to means arranged to produce a spectrum of different wavelengths distributed spatially, and at least one photodetector for detecting light in the spectrum, wherein the light source is mounted by means of an adjuster providing for adjustment laterally with respect to the optical axis of the light source.
A spectrophotometer comprising excitation optics, detection optics and a microprocessor in which:
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