Echelle spectrometer

Echelle spectrometer - Echelle spectrograph ESA 4000
Quantitative analysis with atom spectroscopy

The Echelle spectrometer / Spectrograph ESA 4000 is a spectral high resolution, compact measurement device with active and passive coupling on different radiation sources in atom spectroscopy. In a wavelength range of 190 to 780 nm and with a resolution of a few picometers spectra are recorded by an ICCD camera. With a new electronic unit and a new camera board ESA 4000 is the successor of the Echelle spectrometer ESA 3000.

LIBS - Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
Molecular and Absorption Spectroscopy

For analytical applications in atom spectroscopy, the relevant atom lines of the elements need to be assessed quantitatively. Complex materials are characterised by a large number of atom lines, which interfere in case of insufficient spectral resolution. Often exaltation of the atom lines is a dynamic process, requiring time resolved recording of the spectral lines. The resulting requirement is simultaneous recording of an as large as possible spectral range with a resolution of a few picometers, which is achieved by an Echelle spectrograph with ICCD camera. The optional integration of an image intensifier further increases the light sensitivity and performs as an optical shutter with up to a few nanoseconds exposure time. This configuration permits time correlated measurements or decay measurements. Control of external radiation sources, e. g. of lasers, as well as to that control time correlated measurement of secondary light radiation, qualify the spectrometer ESA 4000 for the Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) and for applications for simultaneous multi-element analysis.

Technical specification Echelle-spectrograph

Spectral range at simultaneous detection200 - 780 nm or 191 - 420 nm
Linear dispersion per pixel (24 μm)0.005 nm (200 nm)
0.010 nm (400 nm)
0.019 nm (780 nm)
Resolution with respect to one pixel (λ/ Δλ)40000
Diffraction orders30 - 120 or 58 - 126
Focal length25 cm
Aperture1 : 10
Flat image plane24.5 x 24.5 mm²

Technical specification ICCD-camera

CCD cameraKAF-1001 (1024 x 1024 px)
Image intensifierProxitronic, UV enhanced S20 photocathode
Gateable from 20 ns to 16 s