Ocean Optics has developed a light-shaping technique for its spectrometers that balances and smoothes the uneven spectral emission from UV-Vis light sources used in spectroscopy applications.
As a result, users can measure light more evenly across a broader spectral region and improve signal-to-noise performance.
The technique is especially useful for spectral absorbance applications where strong absorbing bands coexist with bands of low signal in the unbalanced spectrum.
This low signal level limits the maximum measurable optical density.
The Ocean Optics spectral shaping technique modifies the light internal to the spectrometer so that specific wavelengths or wavelength bands are selectively attenuated.
This makes it easier to optimise the spectrometer setup in concert with the light source.