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iii T abl e of Cont ent s Chapter 1 Is oPlane ® SCT 32 0 Description ............................................ 7 1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................7 1.2 IsoPlane SCT 320 Description ..............................................................[...]

iv IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B Append ix A Using the Mono chromator Con trol Software .................. 39 A.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 39 A.2 Install the Monochromator Control Software ..............................................[...]

Table of Conten ts v v Figure 2-18. Lift Turret up out of the Turret Compartment .........................................................27 Figure 2-19. Location of Hole on Turret Grating Assembly ........................................................27 Figure 2-20. Location of Post on Grating Spindle Assembly ...................................[...]

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7 Chapter 1 IsoPl ane ® SCT 320 Descript ion 1.1 Introduction This manual is intended to help you set up and operate your new IsoPlane SCT 320 spectrograph. Even if you are an experienced user of spec troscopic equipment, we suggest that you follow the manual (at least initially ) to insure proper setup and operation. If y ou have any questions ab[...]

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9 Chapter 2 IsoPl ane Set up 2.1 Unpacking and Inspecting Carefully unpack and examine the IsoPlane and any purchased accessories. Notes: 1. Report any dam age imm ediately to the carrier and to P rinceton I nstruments . 2. Save all packing material. 2.2 Initial Setup Procedure 1. Position the IsoPlane where it will be used. 2. Connect the power su[...]

10 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 2.2.1.3 SpectraSense ™ SpectraSense is a comprehensive spectral acquisition and da ta treatment package. It is designed to work exclusively with Princeton Instruments products and accessories including the SpectraHub Detector Interface. SpectraSense software will control and acquire data from both single[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 11 2.3.2 Term inal or RS-232 Port Sett ings A terminal or RS-232 computer port must be set up as follows: 9600 baud, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 start bit, 1 stop bit. 2.4 Power Supply with Input Cable Figure 2- 2. Power Supply Pin# Description 1 +5V 2 GND 3 GND 4 +24 Table 2- 2 . IsoP lane Power Connecto r Pin Arrangemen[...]

12 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B Turret Compartment of the manual slit assembly has been provided in Appendix F. The general procedure for mounting an accessory to the slit is as follows: 1. Place the accessory directly ag ainst the face of the slit bod y . 2. Using four (4) 8-32 screws normally provided with the accessory, sec ure the ac[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 13 7. L oca te t he ve r ti c a l po s t on th e G ra ti ng Sp ind le As sem b ly (s ee F ig ur e 2 -6 ). 8. Po si ti on th e g ra tin g t u rr et on t he g ra ti ng sp ind le so the ho le i n the tu r re t a sse mb ly a li gn s w it h th e po st in the tu rre t a sse mb ly a s s how n i n F ig ure 2- 8. 9. Ma ke su re [...]

14 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B Figure 2- 6. Location of P ost on Grating Spin dle Assembly Figure 2- 7. Lower Turret into the Turret Compartmen t Figure 2- 8. Turret Installed (Hole an d Post Align ed) Post Aligned Hole and Post[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 15 2.8 Ar ray Detector Mounting Instructions 2.8.1 Introduct ion The standard mounting plate for CCDs, FPAs, and diode arrays accommodates detec tors with a slotted flange or mounting holes aligne d on a 3.60” bolt circle pattern. There are six (6) equally spaced #10-32 tapped holes on a 3.60” bolt circle designed t[...]

16 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 2.8.2 Mounting an Array Detector to the IsoPlane The array detector mounting plate is mounted to the entrance port of the IsoPlane. 1. Remove the shipping cover from the mounting plate. 2. If the detector has a three-slotted flange (3.60” bolt circle): a. If the detector has a three-slotted flange, screw[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 17 2.8.3 Rotationa l Alignment This general procedure assumes that you ha ve alread y mounte d the array detector to the exit port of the spectrograph and that there is a light source at the entrance port. The basic actions are listed below. Refer to Chapter 3 of this manual for detailed LightField and WinSpec instructi[...]

18 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 2.8.4 Focusin g the Spectrom eter Figure 2- 10 . Micrometer Comp artment Location The basic actions for focusing the spectrometer are listed below. This general procedure assumes that you have already mounted the array detector to the exit port of the spectrograph and that there is a light source at the en[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 19 2.8.5 Height Adjus tment of Im age Plane Note: This proced ure should only be attempted by so meone experienced in aligning optical components and a ssemblies. 2.8.5.1 Overview D ur i ng t he m a nu fa c tu r in g p ro ces s, the I so Pl ane fo c al pl a ne is f ac tory -a lig ne d so th a t it is pr ec is e ly ce nt[...]

20 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 2. Adjustm ents to the Cap a nd Set Screws s hould be sm all, approximately 1/8 th -turn or less. 3. If the Cap Screw is adjusted 1/8 th -turn in a counter-cl ockwise direct ion, then the Set S crew should be adjusted 1/8 th -turn in a cl ockwise direct ion. 4. If the i nitial adjustm ent does not m ove th[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 21 2.10 Spectrometer Calibration Refer to the application software manual or the software help for information on calibrating the data pixels with wavelengths. 2.11 Slit Width Adjustments in the Model 716-1 Manual Bilateral Slit and the 716-MS Kinematic Slit The slit width of each bilateral slit assembly (716 type) is a[...]

22 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 2. 12 S li t W idt h A d ju st me nt s in the Mo d el 71 8- 1 Mo to rize d 3m m S li t The Model 718-1 motorized slit assembly is a self-calibrating, 10 µm to 3 mm adjustable bilateral slit. Stepping-motor-controlled adjustments are made in 1 µm increments over the full range. The Model 718-12 motorized [...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 23 2.13.2 Re movin g an Intern al Shutter If you are planning to use a PI-MAX detector (or other detector without an external shutter control connector) and the IsoPlane has an internal shutter, you will e ither have to remove the shutter or control the shutter via a Princeton Instruments SHC-EXT external shutter contro[...]

24 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 2.14 Turret Removal CAUTION 1. The optical sur faces in the spec trograph are extr emely delicate and can be perm anently dam aged by contact with so lid objects as wel l as with most liquid s and aeroso ls. 2. DO NOT T OUCH optical surfaces w ith anything. Wear thin protectiv e powderless glov es to minim[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 25 Figure 2- 16 . Lift Turret up out of the Turret Compa rtment 6. I f y ou are n ot i ns ta lli ng /re mo vi ng a sh ut ter a ss e mb ly or i nsta ll in g a d iff ere nt tur r e t, r epl a ce a nd se cu re t he Tu rre t Com par tme nt co ve r. 2.15 Turret Interchange Re ad a nd fo ll ow the i nst ru c ti ons in th i s [...]

26 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 6. Us e e xt rem e c are so as no t t o to uc h t he g ra ti ng s ur fa ce s . Gra sp the Ce nte r T or qu e S c re w a nd li ft th e g r a ti ng tu r re t st ra ig ht up off th e g rat ing sp ind le a sse mbly ( se e F igur e 2- 18 ). I f th e tu rr et ca n no t b e l ift e d up , y ou may ne ed to lo ose[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 27 Figure 2- 18 . Lift Turret up out of the Turret Compa rtment Figure 2- 19 . Loca tion of Hole on Tu rret Grating Assembly Figure 2- 20 . Loca tion of Post on Grating Spindle Assemb ly Hole Post[...]

28 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B Figure 2- 21 . Turret Installed (Hole and Post Aligned) Aligned Hole and Post[...]

29 Chapter 3 Oper a t ion 3.1 Introduction This chapter reviews how to enable the control of an IsoPlane and Princeton I nstruments detector by either the LightField (64-bit) or WinSpec (32-bit) software. This chapter also points out how to perform alignment using the software. Further information about operating the system can be found in the appr[...]

30 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 3.4 LightField Start LightField after making sure the detector and I soPlane are connected to the computer and are turned on. When LightField boots it will look for a vailable devices and will load their icons in the Available Devices panel. Before you can design a new experiment or run an existing one, th[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 31 Figure 3- 2. LightField E xperiment Settings stack an d Experiment Devices panel 3. Note that the Experiment Settings stac k on the left now displays several expanders. Because this is a new experiment, the default settings for the detector will be active. The Status bar (a t the bottom of the window) displays an ico[...]

32 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 3.4.2 Perform Alignment Because the detector is mounted directly to the mounting plate on the I soPlane, the rotational alignment and focusing operations are different from the way these operations are performed for an Acton SP Series spec trograph. The following information assumes that you are familiar w[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 33 9. Click on the peak you will be monitoring for the alignment. This will display the data cursor, which you can position at the top of the peak. Since the da ta cursor spans the ROIs (graphs), you can use the data cursor as your vertical reference. 10. Slowly rotate the camera until the peaks align in all of the ROI [...]

34 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 3.5 WinSpec Start WinSpec after making sure the detector and IsoPlane are connected to the computer a nd are turned on. WinSpec should find the detector and present a dialog for selecting the detector for your experiment. Before y ou can use the IsoPlane, you must tell WinSpec that it is the spectrograph y[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 35 2. On the Define Spectrograph dialog (Figure 3-6), click on the Install/Remove Spectrograph button. 3. On the Install/Remove Spectrograph dialog, scroll down the list of supported spectrographs, click on Acton SCT320 , click on the Install Selected Spectrograph button, and then click on OK to return to the Define Spe[...]

36 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B 3.5.3 Perform Alignment The initial alignment described in this section assumes that you ha ve alread y connected and turned on the detector and spectrograph, have opened WinSpec, and identified the detec tor and spectrograph. After you have aligned the optics the first time, you may want to repeat the pro[...]

Chapter 3 SCT 320 Operat ion 37 3. Set the slit to 10 µm at a minimum. If necessary, adjust the Exposure Time to maintain optimum (near full-scale) signal intensity. 4. Wait until the detector locks at its default temperature. If the detector is LN-cooled, it should have been filled after the detector was powered ON. 5. Turn on Focus mode. 6. Adju[...]

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39 Appendix A U sing the Monochr omator C ont r ol Soft war e A.1 Introduction As has been previously mentioned in this manual, the Acton IsoPlane spectrograph can be controlled using Princeton I nstruments’ LightField, WinSpec, or SpectraSense software. It can also controlled from a computer using the supplied Monochromator Control software via [...]

40 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B Par amete rs, if nee ded, p rec ede the comm and an d are separ ated fro m t he c ommand by a t le as t on e spa ce (e .g. , 5 46.0 7 GOTO ). F or RS - 23 2 o pe rat ion , t he p or t s e t- up is 9 600 ba ud , 8 da ta b its , 1 st o p bi t a nd no par ity . A co nve ni en t to ol f or try ing ou t t his m[...]

Appendix A Using the Monochrom at or Control So ftware 41 A.4.2 Gratin g Control Com mands GRATING Places specified grating in position to the wavelength of the wavelength on the p resent grating. Up to nine (9) gratings are allowed on three (3) turrets. This command takes a grating number from 1 - 9. IMPORTANT NOTE: This comm and assumes that the [...]

42 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B A.4.3 Slit Widt h Control Com mands (for Motorized S lits only) SIDE-EXIT-SL IT Designates side exit slit to receive slit control commands. SIDE- ENT -SLIT Designates side entrance slit to receive slit control commands. MICRONS Sets the slit width for the designated slit in the range of 10 to 3000 microns [...]

43 Appendix B Spect ro graph to C omp uter Ca bl e Connect ion Figure B-1 . RS- 232 Cable Wiring Figure B-2 . IsoPlane Cab le Connectors FILTER Filter driver connection for Acton FA-2448 Filter Wheel. SHT TTL SHT TTL connection for TTL control of shutter. DSP DSP connection to connect two spectrographs as doubles. COM Com light flashes when communi[...]

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45 Appendix C Ac cessories List ing Slit Assembly SP - 716 -1 Bilaterally adjustable ENTRANC E slit assembly for IsoPlane monochromator or spectrograph. Micrometer adjustable widths from 10 µm to 3 mm. Supplied with interchangeable 4.0 mm and 14.0 mm high baffles. Triple Grating Turr et 300 - 483 Interchangeable triple grating turret for the IsoPl[...]

46 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B Det ectors and Acces sories: All detectors include mounting flanges for I soPlane slit assemblies. PD - 438 Universal Photomultiplier Tube Housing for standard 1 1/8" side window photomultiplier tubes. Requires side window PMT, and photometer/power supply for operation. Accepts Acton tubes P1, P2 or P[...]

Appendix C Accessories Lis ting 47 Filter Wheels and Ord er Sorting Filter Ass emblies FA - 2448 Six Position Filter Wheel Assembly. Manual sample indexing, holds up to six samples, each 1.0” diameter; automated via SP Control Cable. Can be used with the IsoPlane. Requires FA-2448-F Filter Set or customer-supplied filters of 25 mm (1 inch) diamet[...]

48 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B FC - 446 - 030 Im aging Fiber Adapter is designed specifically for our imaging spectrographs. The all-reflective design eliminates chromatic a berrations and the aspheric mirror cancels astigmatism, allowing precise imaging of fibers at the spectrograph entrance slit. Includes up/down, left/right screw ali[...]

49 Appendix D Gr at ings f or IsoPl ane Grooves/mm Blaze Wavelength Standard Part Number Mechanical Limit Notes: † Bl az e d H ol og r ap hic , 1 90- 450 n m , op tim um ra nge †† Op ti m um rang e f or t his gr ati ng i s f rom 45 0 n m t o th e u pp er me ch an ica l l imi t Standard Gratings are 68 X 68 mm. 50 600 nm I3-005-600 -P 150 500 [...]

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51 Appendix E Outl ine Dra win gs Figure E-1 . IsoPlane: 320 with Manual Slit Assembly Outline Drawing[...]

52 IsoPlane ® SCT 320 Ma nual Version 1.B Figure E-2 . IsoPlane: 320 with Motorized Slit Assemb ly Outline Dra wing[...]

53 Appendix F S t and ar d Sl it Assem bl y Dr a wing Figure F-1 . Standard Slit Assembly Drawing[...]

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55 Appendix G Decl ar at ion of Conf ormit y DECLARATION OF CO NFORMITY We, the undersigned Manufacturer: Princeton Instruments Address, City: 15 Discovery Way, Acto n, MA 01720 Country: USA Certify and declare under our sole responsibi lity that the following apparatus: IsoPlane SCT-320 with Power Supply Conforms to the emissions requirements of E[...]

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57 Appendix H Cert ificat ion and W arr ant y Certification Princeton Instruments certifies that this instrument was thoroughly tested and found to meet the specifications furnished by Princeton Instruments when it was shipped fr om the factory. Warranty Princeton Instruments instruments and accessories are warranted f or a period of one full y ea [...]

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59 Ind e x A-B Accessories listing of ....................................................................... 45 MicroSpec ................................................................... 46 mounting to slit assembly ................................ ............ 11 Additional commands ....................................................... 42 Ad[...]

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