FTIR meets QCL: HYPERION II IR Microscope

QCL and FT-IR in a single instrument

For the first time, users can access an IR microscope that combines FT-IR and QCL technology in one instrument. With this, we are opening a completely new door to life science and material research. Collect an FT-IR spectrum, select the wavelengths you want to investigate using QCL and create stunning chemical images in a matter of seconds. With this completely new approach of FT-IR and infrared laser imaging, we finally give users, researchers, and scientists a tool to develop new applications, but also to improve established and proven approaches.

HYPERION II features:

• Huge detector selection: broad/mid/narrow-band LN₂-MCTs, cryogen-free MCT, NIR
• Focal-plane array detector for infrared imaging (64 x 64 or 128 x 128 pixel).
• Optional QCL implementation by Infrared Laser Imaging Module (ILIM, laser class 1)
• Objective lens selection: 3.5x/15x/36x IR, 20x ATR, 15x GIR, 4x/40x VIS.
• Spectral range extension – from Near-Infrared (NIR) to Far-Infrared (FIR)
• Manual/automated knife-edge aperturees, aperture wheel, metal apertures for NIR
• Flexible accessories: macro ATR imaging , cooling/heating stage, sample compartment, etc.
• visual/optical tools: darkfield & fluorescence illumination, VIS & IR polarizers, etc.
• Emission spectroscopy capability and optional spectral range extensions.

HYPERION II provides:

• Perfect match of spectral and visual images. Applies to all measurement modes (incl. ATR)
• Diffraction limited, high-sensitivity FT-IR microscopy and imaging by using FPA detector
• Combination of FT-IR and QCL technology by IR Laser Imaging Module (ILIM, laser class 1)
• Infrared laser imaging in all measurement modes (ATR, Transmission, Reflectance)
• Patented coherence reduction for Laser Imaging without sensitivity loss, speed loss, or artefacts
• High-speed IR laser imaging: 6.4 mm² per second (ILIM, QCL, single wavelength)
• High-speed FT-IR imaging: 0.1 mm² per second (FPA, FT-IR, full spectrum)