Analysing with Pinpoint Accuracy

Ocean Optics has introduced two add-on imaging modules for its LIBS2000+ Laser-induced Breakdown Spectrometer (LIBS) system. The imaging modules enable users to magnify a sample image and establish a precise laser target. The LIBS system is capable of analysing practically every known element in gas, liquid or solid samples in real-time and has a wide variety of industrial and scientific applications. The LIBS-IM and LIBS-IM-C Imaging Modules allow a user to see a magnified image of a sample via a CCD camera and PixeLINK, an included Windows-based software application. The CCD cameras used in the modules offer pixel resolution of 1280 x 1024, with each pixel six micrometres square. PixeLINK enables image capture and archiving on a PC with detailed annotations, for comparison analysis and application record keeping.