qpod 3

The new air-cooled qpod 3 is a compact spectrometer sample compartment containing a cuvette holder temperature controlled by an internal controller. In the center is a temperature-controlled cuvette tower with optical ports on each of four sides. Slit holders control optical access to the cuvette. For mounting optical components, each of the four sides of the qpod 3 has a mounting ring, thermally stable and precisely aligned with the tower. Add light sources, lenses, filters, polarizers, mirrors, spectrographs, and detectors as needed for your experiment. Most applications of the qpod 3 take advantage of fiber optics for transmitting light, but lasers, focused light sources and probes of various kinds may be used. A dry gas purge of the compartment enables easy use at low temperatures down to -30 °C. The qpod 3 readily achieves a high temperature of +110 °C. Operate the qpod 3 on a lab bench or build it into your own full spectroscopy system. For computer control, use program Q-Blue, provided at no charge, or write your own program utilizing simple text commands for control.