The 8035™ has been designed to be useful for routine analytical applications for an FT-IR as well as non-traditional applications where modular design is required for flexibility in the optical path. The 8035 was designed specifically for Researchers and OEMs who want an instrument easily adaptable to their special needs, at an economical price, and without compromise in performance. The 8035 has selectable resolution starting with 0.5 cm^-1, improved signal to noise ratio, and a very broad spectral range depending on choices of sources, optics, detectors and beam splitters. The design includes trigger and analog output connectors. The 8035 is commanded by MIRMat™, a software package that provides sophistication for routine analysis that allows you to write custom routines to control the system. This package is also compatible with Active X (Windows XP and Windows 7, 32-bit).

The Components

Oriel utilized a modular approach when designing the 8035. We made the components that restrict the use of FT-IR instruments (sources, detectors and sample compartments) interchangeable, so you don’t have to break it apart when your needs change – simply switch out the component(s). A complete 8035 FT-IR Spectrometer includes:

• Source or sample
• 8035 scanner
• Beam splitter and window
• Detection system
• MIRMat software installed on laptop computer

How Does it Work

The figure below illustrates how the 8035 works. Very simply, the scanner modulates the radiation from the source or sample; the electronics board (in the scanner) digitizes the analog signals from the detection system and sends them to a computer through a USB 2.0 interface. MIRMat software is used for instrument control and data handling.

Configurations of the FT-IR
The flexibility of the modular 8035 FTIR Spectrometer allows you to choose either an Oriel or your own Source and Detector to complete your FTIR system. The flow chart provides a quick reference to which detectors and sources are offered from Oriel. For questions, please contact an Oriel Technical Sales Engineer.

Optical Layout
The 8035 uses a scanning Michelson Interferometer. Our optical layout includes corner cubes and a retro-reflector. The unique layout is immune to tilt and shift. The retro-reflector and beam splitter are mounted together, providing accurate alignment while desensitizing the system to vibrations and temperature variations. This “unibody” approach to the beam splitter makes for easy interchangeability with a minimum of realignment required.

Open Architecture
As modular and flexible as the 8035 is, for some application even the walls of the scanner are a restriction. For applications that require the placement of a sample in the beam path, or for systems integrators who want to build an interferometer and electronics into their instrument, we can design an open architecture 8035 scanner.

Software
We didn’t limit the flexibility of the Oriel 8035 FT-IR scanner to its hardware; the software is also flexible. MIRMat is a powerful Windows™ based instrument control, data acquisition and processing application, and it is included with every instrument. For those who wish to do their own programming, we include an Active X interface to control the 8035 from your own software. The 8035 scanner ships with a high quality laptop computer with the software pre-installed.