OtO Photonics'' PocketHawk compact UV-Vis-NIR spectrometer

AP Technologies is pleased to announce OtO Photonics'' PocketHawk (PH) series of crossed Czerny-Turner cavity spectrometers operating from 200nm to 1050nm.

PocketHawk offers the performance benefits of classic C-T cavity designs in a significantly reduced package of just 65 x 65 x 25.2mm³ (<107cm³), including the external control board. This is dramatically smaller than OtO's own SmartEngine C-T spectrometer (~300cm³) which is itself considered to be a compact design.

Despite its compact form-factor PocketHawk offers excellent performance with high optical resolution, high sensitivity, low stray light, and fast response. PocketHawk benefits from an especially rigid optical bench which ensures industry-leading thermal, humidity, shock and vibration stability.

PocketHawk utilises a choice of high sensitivity 3000 pixel CCD sensor (PH2014) or 512-pixel CMOS (PH1034/PH2034) with a range of slit sizes from 10µm to 200µm giving FWHM Resolution of 2.2nm to 34nm over 200nm to 1050nm. A choice of gratings allow users optimise the spectral range and sensitivity of PocketHawk to suit their application.

Communication with the PH-Series sensor and 32bits RISC controller is via high speed (480Mbps) USB2.0 or 6 user-programmable digital I/Os.

The inclusion of OtO's SpectraSmart software ensures that PocketHawk can be up-and-running within minutes whilst the availability of a Software Developer Kit for Windows and example code for Linux facilitates integration into a broad range of industrial, medical, pharmaceutical and environmental applications.

For more information on the full range of OtO Photonics’ spectrometers visit AP Technologies’ website or contact APT to discuss your application.