Ocean Optics Curie UV-VIS Emission - Manual (Page 7)

Chapter 1
Introduction
Overview
The Ocean Optics Curie UV-VIS Emission Spectrofluorometer is a self-contained fluorescence system
(the Curie system) that represents a new level of innovation and simplicity in spectroscopy. This
standalone system contains all the components required to make fluorescence measurements in a single
package with a remarkably compact footprint.
The Curie is a high-sensitivity cuvette spectrofluorometer for measuring fluorophores in liquids. The
Curie is a versatile lab system distinguished by internal filtering technology that helps to discriminate
between powerful excitation source wavelengths and the weak spectral emissions from samples, so that
additional correction for excitation and emission is unnecessary and data is more reliable.
Features of the Curie System
Your Curie system offers the following features:
• A high-sensitivity 2048-element CCD-array detector.
• Full spectral analysis (i.e., 2048 wavelengths over the 200–850 nm spectral range). The Curie
system is preloaded with a microcode that allows you to select a delay between activation of the
excitation source and the start of the emission
fluorometer’s integration time (available in future
versions of the Curie). This gated-mode operation is ideal for measuring fluorophores that have
long fluorescence lifetimes, such as lanthanides.
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