FT-IR Rocket
Fibered Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometer
The FT-IR "Rocket" is a robust, small-footprint, lightweight and high performance FT-IR spectrometer. The FT-IR Rocket can be used in a fiber connected version or a free space version. The device is very useful for IR measurements that needs fiber coupling or any other special arrangements like for IR light source characterization.
FT-IR "Rocket" offers high resolution and sensitivity thanks to the use of thermoelectrically cooled MCT (Mercury-Cadmium-Telluride) detectors. Its permanentely aligned interferometer and its solid-state reference laser ensure that the highest performance is delivered at every scan. The system has high stability in both wavelength and intensity scales, making it an ideal tool for highly reproducible chemiometrical analysis. The FT-MIR and FT-IR are also used by many of our customers for characterizing infrared lasers, who are using is an an Optical Spectrum Analyzer (OSA).
Standard models of the FTIR-Rocket
FT-MIR Rocket 2-6μm
FT-IR Rocket 2-12μm
The FT Rocket infrared spectrometer is proposed in 2 standard versions: The FT-MIR 2 - 6μm, FT-MIR 1.5 - 8.5μm and the FT-IR 2 - 12μm. Both offer a resolution of 4cm-1. The main differences lie in the beamsplitter material (CaF2 or ZnSe) and the sensitivity of the detector: the narrower band 2-6μm detector has a much better sensitivity. On request we can fit the detector to your needs.
Compact (world Smallest FTIR)
High resolution 4cm-1
Peltier cooled MCT detector
3 spectral ranges: 5000-1700cm-1 (2-6μm), 6700-1200cm-1 (1.5 - 8.5μm) or 5000-830 cm-1 (2.5-12μm)
USB connectivity
Cost effective
| Models | FT-MIR 2-6
| FT-MIR 1.5-8.5
| FT-IR 2-12
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| Beam-spliter material | CaF2 | CaF2 | ZnSe |
| Spectral Range [cm-1] | 5000 - 1700 | 6700 - 1200 | 5000 - 830 |
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| Spectral Range [μm] | 2-6 | 1.5-8.5 | 2-12 |
Detector Type
D* [cm Hz1/2W-1]
| MCT (2-TE cooled) >1x1011 | MCT (4-TE cooled) >8x109 | MCT (4-TE cooled) >2.5x109 |
| Signal-to-Noise (ratio between dark signal and peak intensity produced by 20W ARClight MIR) | > 1:5'000 | > 1:3'000 | > 1:3'000 |
Recommended fiber
(usable wavelength range) | CIR (chalcogenide) fibers
1-6μm | CIR or PIR depending of the application | PIR (polycrystalline) fibers
3-18 μm |
Common specifications
Interferometer type | Permanentely aligned, double retro-reflector design |
Resolution [cm-1 ]
(unapodized) | 4 |
Wavenumber repetability | <10ppm |
| Scan frequency | 1 spectrum/second
(in continuous aquisition mode) |
| Control laser | Temperature-stabilized
solid-state laser @850nm |
| A/D Converter | 24 bit |
| Operating temperature | 10°C-40°C |
| Free-space input | Aperture Ø: 12.7mm
Acceptance full angle: 3.2° |
| Removable fiber-couplers | Connector: SMA 905
Fiber core Ø: up to 1mm
NA=0.25 (lensed coupler) or NA=0.3 (reflective coupler) |
| Power requirement | 12V / 8W |
| Communication Interface | USB 2.0 |
| Software Interface | Windows XP/7/8/10
API for controlling the instrument via our DLL |
| Dimensions | 180mm x 160mm x 80mm |
| Weight | 1800 g |
Wavelength resolution
The resolution of Fourier-transform spectrometers is usually given in wavenumbers (ν), which are the inverse of wavelength (ν=1/λ). The conversion betwen wavenumber resolution and wavelength resolution is Δλ = λ2 · Δν and is shown in the graph below:
