L1050070A
PerkinElmer Ltd, Chalfont Road, Seer Green,
Beaconsfield, BUCKS, HP9 2FX, United Kingdom.
Produced in the UK.
General Purpose Optical Bench w ith
External LiTaO
3
Detector Accessory
A Spectrum 100 Series or Spectrum 400 Series FT-IR instrument can be fitted with a General
Purpose Optical Bench. The optical bench is supplied with a parabolic mirror assembly, and an
external LiTaO
3
detector/pre-amplifier module. The optical bench is bolted to the external
accessory bracket, which is fitted in the handhold on the right of the instrument.
Figure 1 General Purpose Optical Bench with External LiTaO
3
Detector
This document describes how to:
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Install a window in the right-hand external beam port;
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Fit, and remove, the optical bench;
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Fit the mirror and detector/pre-amplifier modules to the optical bench;
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Configure Spectrum or Spectrum Express software to use an external detector;
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Use Spectrum or Spectrum Express software to select the accessory;
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Optimizing the performance of the detector/pre-amplifier;
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Connect another type of detector/pre-amplifier to the instrument.
Optical bench
Mirror assembly
LiTaO3 detector /
pre-amplifier module
External
beam port
Fixing bolt
Fixing bolt
Fixing block