Hello, my name is Eric Klein and I'm the product manager of the
LUMOS II FTIR microscope and today I want to give you some
deeper insights about this fascinating product.
The LUMOS II combines optical microscopy with chemical identification,
and this allows us to do component distributions in a microscopic range
with chemical imaging.
The LUMOS II is a fully automated stand-alone FTIR microscope.
Stand-alone means, that the interferometer is already included
inside the microscope and there is no need of an optical bench beside it.
This results in a compact design, which is especially useful for crowded labs.
But there are many more advantages about it!
For example, everyone wants high data quality and this compact design results
in an optimized beam path, leading to a high sensitivity and excellent signal
to noise ratio, especially in chemical imaging.
Another important point is sample accessability. Therefore, the LUMOS II
offers an open sample stage design, which saves you a lot of time in
preparing and placing your sample. Therefore, we have so much space in
handling large accessories, deep-seated objects or big and bulky samples.
The open sample stage design makes the use of ATR accessories pretty easy.
But the LUMOS II can do much more. It comes with a motorized ATR crystal
embedded inside the objective also incorporating a pressure sensor.
Maybe the most exciting feature is its extremely fast imaging capabilities,
which are paired with a highly sensitive focal-plane array (FPA) imaging detector.
That's what we call true imaging.
A focal-plane array (FPA) detector, can be described as a digital camera
in the infrared range.
It collects more than 1000 spectra in a single shot, combining high speed
and high spatial resolution at the same time.
Besides all that, the LUMOS offers a brilliant visual quality and a large
field of view, supported by an automated switch between
higher and lower numerical apertures.
But why need two numerical apertures?
The automated switch enables you to have both: the best visual inspection
with the highest depth of focus and also the best IR sensitivity,
down to the physical diffraction limit of light
in one device.
But that's enough about hardware. We wanted to make the operation
of the LUMOS II as easy as possible. That's the reason, why all functionalities
of the LUMOS II are operated by mouse-clicks and step-by-step user
guidance, showing only these kinds of features which are relevant for analysis.
The software OPUS was created as an all-in-one sofware, meaning that it
combines all functionalities such as measurement and uni- or multivariate
evaluations, reporting, audit trail and user management in
one simple, clear interface.
Let's talk about running costs. The LUMOS II is a durable and robust
system that only uses high quality components. It virtually requires
no downtime or steady maintenance.
The LUMOS II's sustainable approach is underlined by two things:
First, the tightly sealed zinc selenide (ZnSe) optics remove the need
for dry-air purge and makes it completely inert against high humidity. Second,
the LUMOS II is equipped with a thermo-electrically cooled MCT detector.
The TE-MCT detector offers high sensitivity single point measurements
down to a resolution of 10 µm, without the constant need of liquid nitrogen.
So, we do not need liquid nitrogen or dry-air purge and by using
modern electronics and motorization, we reduce
the total energy consumption to a minimum.
So, if you require a reliable, easy and precise micro analysis of
polymers, car parts, laminates, particles or any other material, or even if you
work in a heavily regulated industry, the LUMOS II should be your choice.
Feel free to contact us for further information. Thanks for watching!