Ocean Optics DTS - Manual (Page 47)

Polychromix DTS TM Near-Infrared Spectrometer 6-1
Operator’s Manual
Document Number 04-91-0201-00 Rev A
6 Measuring the
Spectrum of a
Sample
6.1 Overview
The Polychromix DTS spectrometer is typically used to measure the
spectrum of a liquid using a cuvette and a sample holder and a solid using an
integrating sphere or reflectance probe. This chapter describes the general
approach to collecting data and presents a series of suggestions to optimize
the quality of data that is obtained.
Since the spectrometer can measure the spectrum of a broad range of
samples in a large number of applications, the information presented in this
chapter is somewhat general in nature. The analyst will likely find specific
information about sampling and collecting spectra for the specific sample in
the general scientific literature.