PerkinElmer Raman IdentiCheck, Getting Started Manual

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Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................................................................... 5
About This Manual ............................................................................................ 6
Conventions Used in this Manual ........................................................................ 7
Notes, Cautions and Warnings ..................................................................... 7
Safety Practices ....................................................................................... 11
Overview .........................................................................................................12
General Operating Conditions............................................................................13
Storage .....................................................................................................14
Electrical Safety ...............................................................................................15
Electrical Protection ...................................................................................15
Power Supplies ..........................................................................................15
Power Cord ...............................................................................................16
Fuses ........................................................................................................16
EMC Compliance ..............................................................................................17
Laser Safety .....................................................................................................18
Class 3B Safety Precautions ........................................................................19
General Laser Safety Issues .......................................................................20
Internal Interlock System ...........................................................................22
External Interlock System ..........................................................................22
Warning Labels ................................................................................................23
Safety Labels on the Raman IdentiCheck ....................................................23
Moving the Instrument .....................................................................................24
Siting the Instrument .......................................................................................25
Raman History, Theory and Instrumentation .......................................... 27
The History of Raman Spectroscopy ..................................................................28
Raman Theory .................................................................................................29
Spectrometers .................................................................................................31
Spectrograph Detector Systems ..................................................................32
Introduction to the Raman IdentiCheck .................................................. 35
Overview .........................................................................................................36
Raman IdentiCheck Specifications...............................................................37
Unpacking the Instrument ................................................................................38
Spectrometer Parts ....................................................................................38
Optional Tablet PC .....................................................................................39
Triggered Fiber Optic Probe Parts ...............................................................39
Spectrometer Module .......................................................................................40
Right-hand Panel .......................................................................................40
Left-hand Panel .........................................................................................41
Triggered Fiber Optic Probe (TFOP) ...................................................................43
Analyzing Samples with the Probe ..............................................................44
Power Supply Unit ............................................................................................46
Raman IdentiCheck PC .....................................................................................47
Commissioning your Instrument ........................................................................48
Using the Raman IdentiCheck ................................................................. 51
Introduction .....................................................................................................52
General SOPs ...................................................................................................53
SOP-1: Switching the IdentiCheck on ..........................................................53
SOP-2: Packing up the Instrument after use ................................................54
SOP-3: Setting-Up Experimental Parameters ...............................................55
SOP-4: Collecting a Spectrum with a Triggered Fiber Optic Probe .................56
Calibration and Performance Verification SOPs ...................................................57
SOP-5: Calibration/Performance Verification ................................................57
SOP-6: Wavelength Calibration Verification of the Raman IdentiCheck ..........59
SOP-7: Wavelength Calibration of the Raman IdentiCheck ...........................60
SOP-8: Laser Frequency Calibration of the Raman IdentiCheck .....................61
SOP-9: Intensity Calibration of the Raman IdentiCheck ................................62