Sciencetech offers a wide variety of standard monochromators in Seya-Namioka optical layout and Czerny-Turner configuration. We have Small Series Monochromators, Standard Series Monochromators and High Resolution Series Monochromators that suits your research needs. See the Monochromators and Spectrographs Table to compare Sciencetech monochromators across different product lines.
Sciencetech designs and fabricates more than twenty different variants of monochromators; as shown in the following table. Some Sciencetech monochromators models have a computer controlled interchangeable 3-grating turret for automatic grating and wavelength selection:
Model |
Focal Length
(mm) |
F / # |
*Resolution
|
*Dispersion
(nm / mm) |
Turret Configuration |
Special
Features |
Small Series Monochromator |
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9030 | 100 | F/3.2 | 1 | 8 | Single Grating
32 x 32 mm |
Compact Monochromator |
9030DA | 100 x 2 | F/3.2 | 0.5 | 4 | Single Grating
32 x 32 mm |
Double Additive |
9030DS | 100 x 2 | F/3.2 | 1 | Effectively 0 | Single Grating
32 x 32 mm |
Double Subtractive |
9072 | 125 | F/3.5 | 0.4 | 7 | Triple Grating
30 x 30 mm |
Motorized Compact Monochromator |
9072DA | 125 x 2 | F/3.5 | 0.2 | 3.5 | Triple Grating
30 x 30 mm |
Double Additive |
9072DS | 125 x 2 | F/3.5 | 0.4 | Effectively 0 | Triple Grating
30 x 30 mm |
Double Subtractive |
Standard Series Monochromator |
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9055 | 250 | F/3.5 | 0.2 | 4 | Triple Grating
50 x 50mm |
Motorized Monochromator / Spectrograph |
9055F | 250 | F/2.5 | 0.4 | 3.3 | Double Grating
64 x 64mm |
Fast Version Motorized Monochromator / Spectrograph |
9055i | 250 | F/3.5 | 0.15 | 4 | Triple Grating
50mm x 50mm |
Imaging Spectrograph / Fast Version Motorized Monochromator / Spectrograph |
9055DX | 250 x 2 | F/3.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 | Triple Grating
50 x 50mm |
Motorized Double Additive / Subtractive |
9055DX-I | 250 x 2 | F/3.5 | 0.09 | 1.7 | Triple Grating
50 x 50mm |
Motorized Imaging Monochromator / Spectrograph |
9057 | 457 | F/8 | 0.2 | 1.79 | Triple Grating
50 x 50mm |
Half Meter Monochromator / Spectrograph |
9057i | 457 | F/8 | 0.1 | 1.79 | Triple Grating
50 x 50mm |
Half Meter Motorized Imaging Monochromator / Spectrograph |
9057F | 457 | F/5.9 | 0.1 | 1.79 | Triple Grating
64 x 64m |
Fast Version Half Meter Motorized Monochromator / Spectrograph |
High Resolution Series Monochromator |
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9040-1G | 550 | F/6.9 | 0.03 | 1.53 | Single Grating | Half Meter High Resolution Monochromator / Spectrograph |
9040-3G | 550 | F/6.9 | 0.03 | 1.53 | Up to 3 Gratings
64mm x 64mm |
Half Meter High Resolution |
9040F | 550 | F/5.2 | 0.03 | 1.53 | Single Grating
84 x 84mm |
Half Meter High Resolution Fast Version |
9040EF | 550 | F/4.0 | 0.05 | 1.53 | Single Grating
102 x 102mm |
Half Meter High Performance |
9040-DS | 550 | F/6.9 | 0.03 | Effectively 0 |
Single Grating
64 x 64mm |
Half Meter High Resolution Double Subtractive |
9040DA | 550 | F/6.9 | 0.015 | 4 | Single Grating
64 x 64mm |
Half Meter High Resolution Double Additive |
9490 | 1000 | F/13 | 0.017 | 0.83 | Up to 3 Gratings
64 x 64mm |
One Meter High Resolution |
9490SD | 1000 | F/13 | 0.009 | 0.42 | Up to 3 Gratings
64 x 64mm |
One Meter High Resolution Single / Double Pass |
9150 | 1500 | F/12 | 0.013 | 0.5 | Single Grating
102 x 102mm |
One and a Half Meter High Resolution |
9150SD | 1500 x 2 | F/12 | 0.0063 | 0.25 | Single Grating
110 x 110mm |
One and a Half Meter Single / Double Pass |
9150X | 1500 | F/25 | N / A | 1pm / 1px | Special Gratings | One and a Half Meter Echelle Spectrometer |
Standard series monochromators can be configured in a number of different ways. Note that each standard series monochromator includes a Sciencetech SS-80 variable slit assembly. The included slit is usually mounted on the Monochromator input port.
Below is a list of configuration options for our standard series monochromators
Part # | Product |
Input Port Configuration | |
Standard | Front Input |
120-8042 | Side Input Port for 9055 / 35 / 57 / 60 |
120-8030 | Dual Input Ports for 9055 / 35 / 57 / 60 |
Output Port Configuration | |
Standard | Front output |
120-8043 | Side Output Port for 9055 / 35 / 57 / 60 |
120-8031 | Dual Output Ports for 9055 / 35 / 57 / 60 |
Sciencetech’s line of Standard and Hi-Res monochromators have similar mechanical limitations. Below is a list of limitations related to the Sciencetech 9055 monochromator.
Grating
(I / mm) |
75 | 150 | 300 | 600 | 1200 | 1800 | 2400 |
Dispersion
(nm / mm) |
66.6 | 33.3 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 4 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
Resolution (nm) | 3.75 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.134 | 0.1 |
Bandwidth (nm) | 1200 | 600 | 300 | 150 | 75 | 32.5 | 16.25 |
Maximum
Suggested Wavelength (nm) |
13900 | 6950 | 3475 | 1737 | 868 | 579 | 434 |
Maximum
Realistic Wavelength (nm) |
21891 | 10945 | 5472 | 2736 | 1368 | 912 | 684 |
Maximum
Wavelength Attainable (nm) |
25377 | 12688 | 6344 | 3172 | 1586 | 1057 | 793 |
* From sin(alpha) + sin(beta) = 10^-6 * k * n * lambda
where alpha = 90 degrees beta = 90-25.4=64.6 |
Grating selection is a crucial part of building a monochromator. Each ruled or holographic grating is designed to diffract light most efficiently over a specific band of wavelengths. Generally ruled gratings are designed with a ‘blaze’ wavelength at which the grating diffraction efficiency is a maximum. Gratings also vary by the line density (ruled lines/mm). The smaller a gratings line density is the larger the angular separation will be between two adjacent diffracted wavelengths.
A monochromator’s dispersion is a function of the monochromator’s focal length and the line density of the grating installed in the monochromator.
Generally each grating has a measured efficiency curve. The efficiency curve is usually provided with the grating in Littrow condition. Under Littrow condition the diffracted wavelength retraces the optical path of the incident radiation on the grating surface. Sciencetech’s monochromators do not operate in Littrow condition therefore it should not be expected that the grating efficiency when installed in the monochromator will be exactly the same as the measured grating efficiency curve under Littrow condition.
There are many accessories available for Sciencetechs line of small, standard and hi-res monochromators. For a complete list of accessories see the products in the Modular Spectroscopy Equipment list here.