Ocean Optics, is proud to announce that, expanding the potential applications for its oxygen and pH sensing patches, Ocean Optics has obtained United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Class VI certification for these products. The company’s HIOXY coating for RedEye Oxygen patches and Sol-gel coating for pH applications have successfully met the stringent testing criteria required for this certification. Ocean Optics’ optical O2 and pH sensors are designed for accurate, real-time, in situ measurements in packaging and other enclosed containers. The proprietary sensor coating materials do not consume the sample and can be applied to substrates such as probes, self-adhesive acrylic patches (the format tested for USP Class VI) and microtiter wells. Coating options are available for general lab use, high-sensitivity applications and hydrocarbon-rich environments. Depending on the application, oxygen presence or pH can be visually determined by colour change with a handheld LED, or a fluorometer can be used to make exact measurements. The USP is a non-governmental standards setting organisation. Class VI is its most stringent testing protocol for classification of plastics used in medicines and other health care technologies. With USP Class VI certification, the biocompatibility, toxicity and extractable of sensor coatings are assured to be compatible with biological and pharmaceutical processes and implantable devices. Testing and certification were provided by NAMSA (Northwood, Ohio).

BFi OPTiLAS, pan-European partner of Ocean Optics, is proud to announce the new STS ultra-compact spectrometer for high volume OEM applications. It is a very small CMOS-based unit that is 40 x 42 x 24 mm!! STS boasts optical resolution of ~1.5 nm (FWHM) and is particularly suited for high-intensity applications such as LED characterization and absorbance/transmission measurements. STS meets or exceeds optical resolution, stability, sensitivity and other performance criteria associated with larger, more expensive spectrometers. Plus, its built-in shutter makes taking dark measurements more convenient.

BFi OPTiLAS, Evry - European partner of Labsphere is pleased to introduce the New LED's characterization systems model TOCS.

Labsphere' TOCS LED thermal, optical, electrical characterization system allows users to measure quickly, accurately, and simultaneously the optical and thermal features of LED and arrays.

The thermal variances at the LED junction can affect the LED performances in terms of color, output, lifetime, luminous efficiency, and linearity performance.
The LED system consist of a lamp measurement integrating sphere, a high resolution CCD array spectrometer (spectral range from 360 to 1000nm), electrical/thermal plate and temperature controller.
TOCS' system is available in sphere size from 20 to 76 inches. The TOCS-SS powerful software is provided with each system.
Application areas:

• Packaged LED's
• Modules & Arrays
• Backlight Displays
• Solid State Lighting

NIRQuest spectrometers are ideal for applications ranging from analyzing moisture content in food and beverage products to analyzing trace metals in wastewater.

BFi OPTiLAS' team, thanks to its pan-European collaboration with Ocean Optics, is very proud to announce the latest improvements to its range of NIRQuest miniature NIR Spectrometers.

The new generation of NIRQuest delivers 20% higher throughput, improved sensitivity and up to 3x better noise performance over previous NIR spectrometers. Plus, with more options, external triggering and excellent signal-to-noise performance, NIRQuest is the smart, flexible solution to your NIR analysis needs. With higher throughput, the system is more sensitive.

For some applications, that means shorter integration times are needed to collect signal. NIRQuest provides greater sensitivity in both its 512- and 256-element versions. Higher sensitivity allows you to integrate for longer periods with less noise interference and provides better signal-to-noise performance. For the NIRQuest512, we measured Noise Equivalent Power (NEP) of <0.5 picoWatts at 1550 nm with 100 ms integration time. For the NIRQuest256-2.5, we measured NEP of ~25 picowatts at 2050 nm with 30 ms integration time.

BFi OPTiLAS, thanks to its collaboration with Ocean Optics, announce a new range of low cost spectrometers, with extended spectral range allowing covering the full UV-NIR range from 200 nm to 1050 nm, with a resolution of 2 nm.

This is available with the either of the well known USB and JAZ optical benches. A special grating has been developed to cover the full spectral range with very good efficiency.

The unique JAZ concept allows measurement in the field with a stand-alone ultra-compact unit.