BWI: Ocean Optics Announces Advanced Spectral Shaping Technology

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Ocean Optics
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 09:30 AM IST (04:00 AM GMT)
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Ocean Optics Announces Advanced Spectral Shaping Technology
Signal-balancing technique is scaleable to large-volume spectrometer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, August 18, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Ocean Optics (www.OceanOptics.com), the industry leader in miniature photonics, has developed a proprietary light shaping technique for its spectrometers that balances and smoothes the uneven spectral emission from UV-Vis light sources used for spectroscopy applications. As a result, users can measure light more evenly across a broader spectral region and thus improve signal-to-noise performance. The technique is especially useful for spectral absorbance applications where strong absorbing bands coexist with bands of low signal in the unbalanced spectrum. This low signal level limits the maximum measurable optical density.

Traditionally, the spiky spectral output of a lamp - i.e., distinguished by sharp and narrow peaks - of light sources used in spectroscopy is handled at the source itself. But methods such as using mechanical fixtures or optical filters at the light source can result in greater light loss and may be too expensive or impractical, especially when instrument to instrument uniformity is desired. The patented and proprietary Ocean Optics spectral shaping technique modifies the light internal to the spectrometer so that specific wavelengths or wavelength bands are selectively attenuated. This makes it easier to optimize the spectrometer setup in concert with the light source.

The Ocean Optics OEM Engineering Team is now able to apply this novel spectral shaping technique to a variety of OEM applications. This dedicated engineering group provides expert support to help OEM customers bring products to market faster and better optimized to commercial requirements. The team offers complete system design capability for OEMs from supply of fiber assemblies and light sources to sensor coatings and sample holders. The company is ISO 9001:2008 certified and can support both integrated system and sub-system manufacturing needs. Additional information is available at www.OceanOEM.com .

About Ocean Optics

Headquartered in the USA, Ocean Optics (www.OceanOptics.com) is a leading supplier of solutions for optical sensing - fundamental methods of measuring and interpreting the interaction of light with matter. With locations in Asia and Europe, the company has sold more than 100,000 spectrometers worldwide since 1992. Ocean Optics' extensive line of complementary technologies includes chemical sensors, analytical instrumentation, optical fibres, thin films and optics. The company is a subsidiary of Halma p.l.c.

About Halma

Halma p.l.c. (www.halma.com) is an international market leader in safety, health and sensor technology. A public company listed on the London Stock Exchange, it has over 4000 employees in over 40 subsidiaries worldwide with a total turnover of over US$780m (2008). Halma's subsidiaries make products that protect lives and improve the quality of life for people through innovation in market leading products which make its customers safer, more competitive and more profitable. These subsidiaries are assisting India's economy in areas such as manufacturing, energy, water and waste treatment, the environment, construction, transport and health.

Halma recently opened a Hub office in Mumbai. For further news about Halma in India and to subscribe to the Halma India RSS News Feed please visit our blog at: http://halmapr.com/news/india/.

Photo: http://halmapr.com/oo/Spectra.jpg

(Photo caption: Ocean Optics' spectral shaping technology is applied to a miniature spectrometer optical design to balance the uneven spectral emission from UV-Vis light sources used for spectroscopy applications).

Ocean Optics head office contact details:
Ocean Optics Inc.
830 Douglas Avenue
Dunedin, FL 34698
USA
Tel: +1 727 733 2447; Fax: +1 727 733 3692
Email: info@oceanoptics.com
Website: www.oceanoptics.com


CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Kuniyur. J. Srinivasan, Country Head & Managing Director, Halma India, +91 (22) 67080400, Srini@halma.com
Damian Corbet, Halma PR Services, +44 20 8511 1821, dcorbet@halmapr.com

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