The new SENTERRA is founded upon innovative and patented technology to provide the highest performance available in a compact and flexible platform. The SENTERRA is a full-featured confocal system that can accommodate multiple excitation wavelengths with the highest possible spatial resolution.
As the system is based on the Olympus BX51 optical microscope, all the necessary tools for sample visualization and characterization are readily available. Larger samples can also be analyzed by utilizing the integrated fiber optic probe. In addition, the SENTERRA is built on a 'hybrid' platform, which can house the new RamanScope FT-Raman microscope at the same time. The RamanScopeIII provides fluorescence-free, non-destructive 1064nm Fourier transform Raman excitation to the same microscopic spot as the SENTERRA. This combination provides full spectroscopic characterization and optimizes the strengths of the both techniques for your complex micro-analysis samples.
SENTERRA is the first Raman microscope to provide hassle free operation. Sure_Cal® automatically calibrates the system to better than 0.1cm-1 accuracy and precision without the necessity of daily wavelength calibrations. The detector, grating, and filters are automatically positioned in seconds. Video images of the sample are saved with the Raman spectra, so that data can be analyzed quickly and clearly. The SENTERRA incorporates the revolutionary and patented Automatic Fluorescence Rejection (AFR) method for rejecting fluorescence from many samples. Historically, Raman spectroscopy has been a complimentary tool for sample analysis, because many samples exhibited fluorescence. With the SENTERRA, sample fluorescence can frequently be eliminated to produce high quality Raman spectra even on the most demanding samples.
At Bruker Optics, we recognize the pros and cons of both traditional true confocal and pseudo confocal methods, and offer a novel method that combines the best of both principles called FlexFocus™ . FlexFocus utilizes a hybrid aperture containing an array of pinholes and slits serving as both the confocal aperture and the spectrograph entrance aperture, providing both true confocal or high throughput performance on demand.
The OPUS software provides an easy to use platform that is compatible with even the most stringent validation environments. OPUS is a fully integrated "all-in-one" software package that allows data acquisition, manipulation and evaluation in one intuitive package.
