Visible light (VIS) spectroscopy

Why Ibsen Photonics for visible light spectroscopy

Visible light spectroscopy analyzes the reflected, transmitted, or absorbed light from a sample or source to determine its spectral characteristics across the visible range, typically spanning wavelengths from approximately 380 to 750 nanometers. This technique is widely used in applications such as color analysis, spectral characterization of light sources, material identification, chemical concentration measurements, and quality control in manufacturing. Because spectral features can be narrow and sensitive to environmental conditions, spectrometers must deliver high sensitivity and resolution to ensure accurate and reliable measurements.

Ibsen Photonics manufactures transmission gratings with the world’s highest diffraction efficiencies and high grating dispersion, enabling high sensitivity and resolution in compact, cost effective spectrometer designs.

Designed for volume manufacturing, with minimal unit-to-unit variation and high environmental stability, visible light spectrometers from Ibsen are ideal for integration in high performance systems at a competitive cost.

Ibsen Photonics makes a difference in your VIS spectroscopy system

World’s best grating efficiency
Low stray light
High signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
Compact designs
Environmentally stable designs
Low unit-to-unit variation for easy OEM integration

Advantages of using Ibsen Photonics for visible light spectroscopy

Our spectrometers and in-house manufactured transmission gratings provide unparalleled sensitivity and best-in-class optical design optimized for throughput and resolution. We offer a variety of detector options for our spectrometers which, combined with our DISB low-noise electronics, ensure the highest possible signal-to-noise ratio in your instrument.

Spectrometers from Ibsen Photonics have no moving parts and are designed for low sensitivity to environmental influences, ensuring the long-term stability required for robust and accurate color measurements.

Our experienced R&D teams have over 200 years of combined tenure and experience optimizing grating and spectrometer designs to achieve the best possible performance in cost and size-effective platforms.
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These factors yield the following benefits:

Wide wavelength range to capture full 360 – 830 nm VIS range and even extended 190 – 1100 nm UV-NIR range ensuring comprehensive color characterization across various applications
High spectral resolution allows precise differentiation between similar colors, ensuring accurate analysis of subtle variations in hue and saturation.
Low stray light enhances measurement accuracy by preventing unwanted interference, ensuring reliable color reproduction.
Compact size enabled by high grating dispersion.
Environmentally stable designs, that perform under any conditions.
Product lifetime 25 yrs+ with no movable parts and quality certified components and manufacturing processes
Spectrometer customization to match your exact requirements.
Seamless scaling to volume production thanks to design for manufacture and low unit-to-unit variance.
Low unit-to-unit variation from our optimized manufacturing process and thorough testing of every produced unit.
Access to in-house experts who work with you to optimize your system performance.

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Transmission gratings for visible light

At Ibsen Photonics, we design and manufacture the world’s best surface relief transmission gratings in fused silica for wavelengths between 175 nm and 2500 nm. Diffraction efficiencies (DE) for a selection of our gratings in the UV-VIS-NIR spectrum are shown in the figure.

Advantages of using Ibsen transmission gratings for your spectrometer:

High diffraction efficiency over a broad wavelength range, enabling spectrometers with maximum sensitivity and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).
High dispersion enabling compact spectrometer designs.
Fused silica grating with a small thermal expansion coefficient.
Works in transmission to provide improved thermal and vibrational stability.
Product reliability and longevity with no degradable materials, providing stable performance over the lifetime of your spectrometer.

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Spectrometers for visible light spectroscopy

Our spectrometers can be used for a variety of applications utilizing visible light. Our models range from the ultra-compact PEBBLE-VIS to the wide-bandwidth FREEDOM UV-NIR and the highly sensitive ROCK VIS models.

We offer both TE-cooled and non-cooled detector options across several spectrometer models, allowing you to choose the detector technology that best suits your specific application. Additionally, all our detectors are equipped with our proprietary DISB electronics, ensuring low noise, fast data acquisition, and precise spectral readout.

If our standard spectrometer configurations do not fully meet your requirements, we are happy to collaborate on a customization project tailored specifically to your needs.

For more details on our range of spectrometers suitable for visible light spectroscopy, please select your preferred wavelength range.

Wavelength ranges: VIS (360-830 nm) | VIS-NIR (475-1100 nm)

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