Support - Spectrometers

On this page, we provide some hints and advice for making the best out of our products. Please feel free to contact us for comments and recommendations.

Useful Documents

	Brochure Zeiss Spectrometer Modules Mounting Preamplifier to MCS PDA For technical data sheets, please click here.

3D Models

	MMS UV-VIS MMS 1 MCS CCD flex

Drawings

	MCS CCD MCS CCD flex MCS PDA

General Hints

Hardware check	Please check hardware first with AdminTool software
We offer a special preamplifier board for the MMS module series. This allows you to read out the spectrometer module faster and at lower noise. Please contact tec5USA for retrofitting.	DZA-MMS-1M
Calibration Coefficients	Can be saved to the Front End Electronics by means of AdminTool, tec5 uses C' coefficient set given on the Ziess protocol
Illumination	Make sure the whole SMA input of a module is illuminated. Most Zeiss spectrometer modules include an optical cross-section converter (fiber bundle) as optical input. If only few fibers see light then wavelength inaccuracies may occur. As a consequence of such a fiber bundle input carefully adjust (by rotation) any other fiber bundle as a light delivering device to the spectrometer module. If input NA is reduced by illumination, artifacts origination by the second order blocking filter may occur - which are stable as long as NA does not change If NA is too small it affects also the wavelength resolution for only a small part of the grating is illuminated. For decent resolution, however, a sufficient number of grating lines has to be illuminated to create the nice interference pattern required for a high-resolving spectrum.
Cables	Keep cable length as short as possible Apply shielding if cables are longer than 50cm USB cables do not exceed 5m by specification The longest successfully tested PCI cable is 8m Ethernet connections are almost limitless in length
Grounding	Very important for a proper video signal MMS: Use metal tounge of housing for imporved shielding Ground shielding cables on one side only
Integration Times	Shortest integration time is the readout time (except for InGaAs arrays) Shortest integration time for InGaAs arrays is 0.1ms Longest integration time is 6.5s standard Longest integration time can be extended to up to about 9 minutes, please see SDK manuals for details
Non-Linearity	All detectors show non-linearities. This can be corrected by software since this is typicalyl a stable feature of a sensor. The MultiSpec Pro software features this correction.
Temperature Control	Make sure heat is dissipated from a cooled sensor. Please note that the maximum temperature which can be bridged is less than 50°C. Provide a good airflow and good heat conductivity.