24 . Frontier Optica FT-IR User's Guide
A Guided Tour of the Frontier Optica FT-IR
Spectrometer
The PerkinElmer Frontier Optica FT-IR spectrometer (Figure 3) is a bench-top instrument
that has been designed to provide high ordinate accuracy for measurements on optical
components.
Figure 3 Frontier Optica FT-IR spectrometer
The following are all provided in one, self-contained unit:
• The instrument can operate in ratio, single-beam, or interferogram mode.
• The optical system enables you to collect data over a total range of
7800 to 350 cm
−1
(1.28 to 28 μm) with a best resolution of 0.4 cm
−1
.
• The optical system has two variable, software controlled apertures: a beamsplitter stop
(B-stop) and a Jaquinot stop (J-stop).
• A LiTaO
3
(lithium tantalate) mid-infrared detector as standard.
The instrument is connected to a PC, either point-to-point or over a network. The Spectrum
software package supplied enables you to control the instrument and to manipulate the
spectra that you collect.