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Due to the low signal intensity, it is recommended to perform the measurement with a
large number of scans (e.g. 500 or 1000 Scans). 
13. Move the stage in x- and/or y-direc-
tion to find a sample area which is of
interest to you.
Note: The sample area which is to be
measured has to be in the center of the
cross hairs. 
Manual stage and motorized x/y-stage:
coarse and fine focus knobs at the micro-
scope (B/B’ and C/C’ in fig. 3.7) 
Motorized x/y/z-stage: Joystick and cor-
responding stage control functions in
OPUS
☞ See OPUS/VIDEO Manual.
14. Focus on the sample. 
Attention: Due to the very small work-
ing distance (0.7 mm) of the GIR objec-
tive, move the stage upwards carefully.
Prevent the stage from hitting against
the GIR objective bottom side. Other-
wise, the mirror optics of the GIR objec-
tive might get damaged.
Manual stage and motorized x/y-stage:
coarse and fine focus knobs at the micro-
scope (B/B’ and C/C’ in fig. 3.7) 
Motorized x/y/z-stage: Joystick and cor-
responding stage control functions in
OPUS
☞ See OPUS/VIDEO Manual. 
15. Set the mirror optics of the GIR
objective to the measurement mode
(GIR). 
GIR objective (fig. 4.4)
☞ See section 4.15.3. 
16. Microscope: Activate the measuring
mode. 
either using the IR button on the operat-
ing panel of the microscope (C in fig. 3.4)
or in the OPUS video wizard
☞ See OPUS/VIDEO Manual.
17. Start the sample measurement. corresponding OPUS function
☞ See OPUS/VIDEO Manual.
➣ Afterwards, OPUS calculates automatically the result spectrum of the sample and displays
the sample spectrum in the OPUS spectrum window. 
Operating step Corresponding operating element(s)