Copyright Resonance Ltd., December 2011
143 Ferndale Drive North, Barrie, ON L4N 9V9 Tel: 705-733-3633 Fax: 705-733-1388 Email:sales@resonance.on.ca
TR-SES-200 High Resolution VUV/UV
Transmission and Reflection Evaluation System
The Resonance Ltd. Transmission and Reflection Evaluation System is designed to deliver vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) to
ultraviolet (UV) radiation to a target sample and measure the reflectance, transmission or fluorescence of the target. The
system includes a deuterium lamp emitting from 115 nm to 400 nm, a 200 mm focal length vacuum monochromator with
a PC controlled motor drive, a Hamamatsu R8486 photomultiplier tube (PMT) capable of detecting from 115 to 320 nm,
LabviewTM software and controlling electronics.
Features
The TR-SES-200 is a spectrophotometer that has four main system elements:
VUV, UV Tunable Light Source (TLS):
Hydrogen light source with power module for 100 to 240 V operation
Servo controlled VM200 Monochromator with 200 nm and 285 nm order sorter filter switch (for continuous operation from
110 to 400 nm)
Collimating Assembly
Servo-driven sample wheel that can tilt and rotate:
Tilt and rotate drive mechanism
Sample wheels for samples from 5 to 30 mm with clamps for non-circular samples
Rotating Detector:
PMT plus HV power supply and Amplifier
Rotating PMT stage with servo drive.
Electronics/Computing System:
Main Electronics for lamp power and servo control including an embedded PC
Complete software package:
Raw spectra, Transmission, Reflectance display acquisition/storage
Sample wheel and PMT control for angle scanning and sample selection
Macros for batch processing
System Components
Hydrogen Light Source
The system is provided with a Resonance Ltd. D2ArCM-L Hydrogen light source, supplying radiation ranging from 115 nm to
400 nm, with a photon flux of approximately 2 x 1015 photons/sec/str. The lamp is mounted using a SMA threaded adaptor and
is located on the entrance slit arm of the monochromator.
Monochromator
Resonance VM200 scanning monochromator
The VM200 monochromator (Vacuum Monochromator 200mm focal length) contains a concave holographic grating with a
VUV/UV enhanced Al/MgF2 coating. This grating has the following specifications:
No. of lines/mm: 1200 l/mm
Size: 40 x 45 mm
F #: 4.2
Input focal distance: 200 mm
Output focal distance: 187.9 mm
Deviation angle: 64 degrees
Coating: Al/MgF2 optimized for 100 to 300 nm
Spectral range of best operation: 115 – 300
Total spectral Range: 25 to 1000 (gold coating recommended below 100 nm)
The grating is rotated with an absolute encoded grading drive (AEGD). It is installed in a bucket (gratings are user
interchangeable) and the spectrometer has two long arms at the end of which the entrance and the exit adjustable slits are
installed.
PMT Stage
The TR-SES-200 uses a Hamamatsu R8486 28 mm, side-on PMT. This PMT is sensitive from 115 to 320 nm with a typical
quantum efficiency of 22.5% at 122 nm. It is powered using a Hamamatsu C6271 high voltage power supply socket assembly.
High Voltage is controlled with the system software.
Order Sorter
As higher wavelength ranges are scanned, 2nd and 3rd order features can appear, making it difficult to obtain accurate spectral
measurements. To prevent this, the system is equipped with order sorter filters which filter out lower wavelengths before their
2nd order signal is reached. The filters are part of the aperture wheel and are software selectable. Quartz filters (transmission
drops off around 180 nm) and Pyrex filters (drops off around 290 nm) to block off lower wavelength light are installed.
Sample Wheel
The system is provided with wheels to accommodate samples of varying sizes and shapes. The samples are mounted on the
back side of the wheel so that the light is incident at the surface of the sample coincident with the center of rotation of the pmt.
This design only requires samples to be larger than its apertures which range from 3 mm to 25 mm in the standard wheels.
Custom wheels for up to 75 mm samples are available.
Software
The TR-SES-200 uses a LabView 8.2 based executable program that is compatible with Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7.