Applications - A wide range of application references

The Avantes line of spectrometers enable use in a very wide variety of sensing and sensor applications. A few of these include...

Agriculture - Measure oxygen content of soil, determination of chlorophyll by fluorescence measurements, determination of
Nitrate fertiliser concentration in crops
Astronomy - Measuring the spectrum of stars, planets and comets
Automobile Industry - Measure on-line low concentration of water contamination in oil, measure coating on car glass windows
Biology - To measure chlorophyll concentration and UV absorption, measuring colour change and sexual behaviour of fish
under the influence of sunlight, determine bird feather colour and ornamental appearance, investigating photonic crystal structures for UV protection mechanism of the high altitude ﬂower Edelweiss, measure the mechanical properties of small bio-molecules, to develop an artificial bio-inspired multilayer system which reproduces the visual effects provided by the insects cuticle
Biotechnology - Measuring survival of microorganism's population after high UV pulsed light emission.
Chemistry - Determination of Phosphates in burning processes, endpoint detection in crystallization processes, measuring oxygen concentration of gases, determine the oxidation state of vanadium in catalyst reactions, measure high-density
multimode integrated polymer optics, determine effect of Organic Impurities on the Hydrocarbon Formation
Coating Industry - Measure layer thickness of optical transparent coatings, in-line measurement of the colour of glass windows
Colourimetry - Colour determination of plastics, textile, food, paints, birds, fish, lizards
Construction - Measuring gas content of isolated double glass windows by high-energy spark light emission
Cosmetics - Measuring colour of lipstick, nail polish and hair dye
Dairy industry - measuring colour of milk products and yogurts, measuring consistency of cheese during fabrication process
Dental - Measuring the colour of tooth and spectral analysis of residuals in gums. Carious identification in teeth with plasma spectroscopy
Dermatology - Measuring UV Absorption of the skin in correlation with UV protection of digested carotenoids. Determination of penetration of chemicals through the skin into the blood stream
Environmental - Water quality measurement (chlorine/nitrate) with deep UV absorption, measuring pH of seawater, detect forest fires with 15km distance, quantitative model of the performance of laser pointer style gas leak detectors, UV radiation monitoring
Film Industry - Controlling the colour of thermo graphic films and lightning
Food - Measure water content of tomatoes, potatoes, measure sweetness of carrots and tomatoes, measure origin of olive
oil. Determination of soluble solids in apples, kiwifruit and ripeness of peach, using NIR spectroscopy. Determination of odour and flavour of white wine. Detecting colour change in ripening process of bananas. Measuring colour change of meat during cooking process
Gas Chromatography - UV absorption and gas detection
Gemology - Value determination of diamonds (synthetic/natural) by measuring absorption peaks, measure colour of diamonds and other gemstones. Determination of authenticity of gemstones, using Raman spectroscopy
LCD industry - Measure transmission, retardance, twist angle, thickness and other optical properties of thin films
LIBS Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for analysis of solids and gases
Light Industry - Measure Laser diodes and LED's characteristics, measure irradiance values of light bulbs and UV-light sources, used for water purification
Meteorology - UV radiation monitoring
Medical - Measure hemoglobin, cytochromes and beta-carotene non-invasively, measure CO2 and HbO2 in the heart to monitor myocardial ischemia during bypass operations. Measure oxygen consumption of tumors. Fluorescence measurements for cancer and cardiovascular diseases diagnosis
Military - Identify colour of smoke screens, transmission and illumination measurement on night vision devices
Nanotechnology – detection of Plasmon line shapes, measure non-reciprocal refection of sub-wavelength hole-array
Narcotics - Identification of drugs with Raman spectroscopy
Nuclear Industry - To determine fluorescence in an active nuclear reactor
Optical Filters - Quality control to by determining absorption and transmission properties of interference filters
Painting Industry - On-line measurement of colour during colour mixing process
Paper Industry - Measure colour/whiteness of paper, humidity determination of pulp
Particle Size analysis of cancer cells
Pharmaceutical - Determination of bacteria concentration in fermentors, endpoint detection in crystallization processes
Plasma Etching - Layer thickness measurement
Printing Industry - Colour determination of ink, spectral measurement of high-power UV light sources for drying printing ink
Pyrometry - measuring temperature of turbine blades in electrical power plants
Radiometry - measuring energy spectrum of light sources and the sun
Raman Spectroscopy - Analyses of compounds in organic chemistry
Semiconductor Industry - Layer thickness measurement and mapping of wafers
Space Research – Measure UV radiation on Martian surface
Sun Glasses Industry - Measuring UVA, UVB, and UVC absorbance of sunglasses
Textile Industry - Measuring colours