The broadest tunable QCL for mid-infrared spectroscopy

 The latest MIRcat™ is the broadest tunable QCL system commercially available, marking a major advancement in mid-infrared spectroscopy. Building on over a decade of engineering innovation, MIRcat offers a tuning range of up to 1000 wavenumbers with 3 channels and 1400 wavenumbers with 4 channels. This advanced platform delivers exceptional tuning range, high sensitivity, and faster performance, making it perfect for cutting-edge analytical applications. MIRcat is designed to meet the evolving needs of modern spectroscopy with unmatched precision and efficiency.

Peak velocities up to 30,000 cm-1/s

 The MIRcat adds high-speed tuning, higher spectral repeatability, improved thermal management, and longer-wavelength options to the first generation of the MIRcat laser, a field-proven multi-quantum cascade laser system. The MIRcat is truly a one-box, fully automated system with a flexible, modular design that allows factory configuration of up to four pulsed or continuous wave/pulsed modules, plus the option to add or upgrade modules later. The MIRcat offers a tuning range approaching 1000 cm-1 (> 6 µm) and wavelength coverage to > 13 µm. It also delivers unmatched, industry-leading performance in critical areas like peak tuning speeds of > 30,000 cm-1/s, output power up to 1 W, and TEM00 beam quality to enable high-efficiency fiber coupling. A new, higher-precision tuning mechanism and lower-noise drive electronics provide wavelength repeatability as high as < 0.1 cm-1 and CW RIN as low as -140 dBc/Hz.

Tune 100s of cm-1 at 1000 cm-1/s.

Cute name. Fearsome performance. Ideal for laboratory or OEM use, the Hedgehog Mid-IR Laser is DRS Daylight’s next-generation tunable laser head. Built on our proven External Cavity Quantum Cascade Laser™ technology, the Hedgehog laser is a unique combination of small size, tuning speeds to > 5000 cm-1/s, CW or pulsed output, high power, TEM00 beam quality, and unmatched spectral repeatability.

Molecular spectroscopy applications benefit from rapid, high-SNR data acquisition. Probing multiple molecules, or probing an absorption feature with high dynamic range, also benefits from broad mid-IR tuning. The Hedgehog system provides these benefits, with its wide, rapid tuning across the mid-IR spectrum, low-noise output, and high spectral and spatial beam quality. Its sealed, alignment-free design and GUI and SDK included as standard let you access this performance with ease.

Select from three standard Hedgehog models: Hedgehog (tunes up to 200 cm-1), Hedgehog-UT (tunes up to 400 cm-1), and Hedgehog-LT (tunes up to 30 cm-1).

Features & Benefits:

• Wavelength availability: 3-13 µm
• Tune up to 400 cm-1 at speeds up to 5000 cm-1/s
• CW* or pulsed output (up to 3 MHz/30% duty)*
• Ultra-quiet CW: RIN as low as -140 dBc/Hz enables higher-SNR spectroscopy
• Superior wavelength repeatability for higher-accuracy spectroscopy
• Superb TEM00 beam quality and low beam pointing allows fiber coupling
• High output power for high SNR* of > 1 W (peak) and > 0.5 W (average)
• SideKick™ controller, GUI, and SDK standard with all systems
• Proprietary HFQD™ circuitry protects your chips

*Requires suitable chip(s).

Tune > 30 cm-1 Without Mode Hops

 The CW-MHF Mid-IR Laser with wide tuning range for CW operation with and without mode hops (MHF = Mode Hop Free) including controller and collimation optics. The mode hop free range is at least 30 cm-1 and typically 60 cm-1. In addition, the larger tuning range with mode hops is enabled in order to be able to measure at other wavelengths. The entire wavelength range between 4.2 and 11 µm can be covered with small gaps.

Software interfaces are available for easy automation of your experiments.

A chiller and a piezo driver are required for operation.

Features & Benefits:

•  Wavelength availability: <4 to >11 µm
• MHF tuning range: ≥30 to 100 cm-1 (typical, depending on model)
• CW power > 70 mW typical*
• Linewidth (FWHM < 5 MHz (10 ms) and < 10 MHz (1s)
• Wavelength accuracy of ± 0.5 cm-1 (± 15 GHz), unidirectional
• Ultra-quiet, with RIN as low as -140 dBc/Hz, enables higher-SNR spectroscopy
• Superb TEM00 beam quality, low beam pointing
• SideKick™ controller, GUI, and SDK included with all systems
• Proprietary HFQD™ circuitry to protect your chips

The new Spero-QT 340 system is the third-generation Spero and builds on the successes of its groundbreaking predecessors launched in 2014 and 2017 respectively. Like its predecessors, the Spero-QT 340 provides unrivaled mid-IR spectroscopy, substantially outperforming FTIR microscopes in spatial resolution, speed, and field-of-view while eliminating the need for cryogenic cooling and valuable lab space. Furthermore, it maintains the wide-field, high-resolution attributes of its two predecessors, but with the capability to produce twice the data in one-tenth of the time, while achieving unprecedented signal-to-noise ratios (SNR). The Spero-QT 340 stage can image up to 3 microscope slides, and its larger sample compartment makes it more compatible with microfluidic devices and accessories.

Utilizing Daylight’s unique, patented QCL-IR light engine, Spero-QT 340 is faster than Raman and Photothermal IR microscopes by orders of magnitude while avoiding sample auto-fluorescence and sample degradation by highly focused light sources. Using a proprietary wide-field, low-noise instrument architecture, Spero microscopes enable new data collection modalities such as live, real-time chemical imaging, and user-defined sparse discrete frequency data collection. And the best part? The small desktop footprint (dimensions here in cm) makes Spero suitable for labs with space constraints.

Accessories & Configuration Options

• Extended Wavelength – Add extended wavelength coverage to 1900-950 cm-1
• Polarization – Add rotation stage to take polarized images
• Blue Shifted – Add blue shifted range to 2225-2000 cm-1 and 1800-1200 cm-1

The Spero-LT 340 is the latest addition to the Spero product family. The LT offers the same high-performance speed and resolution as Spero-QT, but offers a lower price-point entry into the Spero family for users who only need transmission, wide-field imaging

The Aries-2 is a fixed-wavelength, high-power laser that offers a user-specified center wavelength and output power up to 2 W. Aries-2 provides CW or pulsed operation with internal or external amplitude modulation. It is CDRH compliant and is CE certified. All Aries-2 systems come with a SideKick™ laser controller and a GUI and SDK to give you everything you need for productivity out of the box.

It is subject to the ITAR regulations.