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Edinburgh Instruments is dedicated to crafting custom systems that empower cutting-edge research. We have designed our products with this commitment in mind, ensuring they meet the unique demands of pioneering scientific investigations.

Customisation Options

Tailored Precision, Pioneering Innovation: Partnering with You to Shape the Future of Scientific Discovery. 
  • It’s What We Do Best: At Edinburgh Instruments, we work with you to customise our instruments and suit your specific application needs. 
  • Modular Design: Flexible systems that can be easily upgraded or expanded at purchase or in the future. 
  • Expert Support: A dedicated team for consultation, installation, and ongoing support. 
  • Advanced Technology: Integration of the latest technologies to enhance performance. 
  • Tailored Solutions: Custom designs to meet specific research or industrial applications. 

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Our development teams work closely with you to tailor our instruments to your specific needs. We pride ourselves on taking on the biggest challenges, contributing to future scientific advancements. If you have a unique enquiry, our dedicated sales team will connect you with our spectroscopy experts to develop an instrument precisely suited to your requirements. 

We are committed to continuously evolving both our hardware and software to stay at the forefront of technological advancements in the field. Some of our bespoke systems are one-of-a-kind creations for researchers working on highly specialised applications, while others evolve into new products in our line-up. Each bespoke system is crafted with the utmost care and enthusiasm, recognising that any project could inspire the next addition to our product line. 

Explore some examples of our bespoke work on the right. We look forward to collaborating with you to push the boundaries of our instruments and embark on the next exciting scientific venture together. 

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X-Ray Luminescence
RMS1000 and beyond... unlimited possibilities
VUV
Second Harmonic Generation
PR3 Plate Reader
Antibunching Upgrade
X-Ray Luminescence

The XS1 radioluminescence chamber is one of many recent examples of user-driven innovation from Edinburgh Instruments. Time-resolved x-ray excited luminescence is emerging as an important technique to characterise scintillators, but until recently there were no commercially available spectrometers for this technique. This changed when a customer contacted us with an interesting problem: how to acquire time-resolved luminescence in the nanosecond range after exciting a sample with a short x-ray pulse. 

The result is the XS1 accessory for the FLS1000 and FS5 spectrometers: a sample chamber hosting continuous and pulsed x-ray sources, enabling radioluminescence spectra and time-resolved experiments which are safe and user-friendly. 

The XS1 sample chamber is external to the spectrometer. UV/Vis/NIR emission is collected by a liquid light guide (LLG) at 180˚ from the excitation beam and sent to the spectrometer sample chamber. Two x-ray sources can be coupled, a CW source for spectral and a pulsed x-ray source for time-resolved PL measurements with ~100 ps resolution. Measurements are carried out in the Fluoracle® software without additional packages required: performing advanced x-ray experiments in your FLS1000 or FS5 could not be easier. 

RMS1000 and beyond... unlimited possibilities

Whilst the RMS1000 can be configured with a wide range of lasers, techniques, detectors and gratings as standard, sometimes that simply isn’t enough! Recently, we engineered a system that fully leverages its capabilities to their fullest extent.

Equipped with two spectrographs to enhance resolution and functionality, the RMS1000 facilitates numerous techniques thanks to its extensive array of lasers and detectors. Internally, this system integrates 4 CW diode lasers for Raman and photoluminescence (PL) measurements. In response to the customer’s existing EI pulsed lasers (EPL, HPL, and VPL series), the microscope was modified to seamlessly integrate filter cubes. This adjustment relieves pressure on the six-position filter turret, enabling unrestricted use of EPL/HPL/VPL lasers, and allowing additional external lasers to be coupled. The system includes two IR lasers for upconversion measurements, alongside a Ti:Sapphire laser coupled into the external port, offering shared compatibility with their FLS1000, shown in the image below.

To accommodate these diverse laser sources, the instrument houses 4 detectors: EMCCD, InGaAs, PMT, and NIR-PMT. Despite its complexity, Ramacle software efficiently manages and operates all internal components, ensuring user-friendly control while expanding capabilities to support a wide range of techniques—a true Multimodal RMS1000!

Techniques: Raman, PL, FLIM, Upconversion

VUV

Some novel semiconductors and phosphors require photoluminescence excitation < 200 nm, meaning that a standard spectrometer is not suitable for studying them. To address these growing applications, we customised the FLS1000 expanding its excitation range into the VUV (115 nm – 200 nm). The result is the FLS1000-VUV; a special version of the instrument featuring vacuum monochromators, detectors, and VUV sources.

 

The FLS1000-VUV can be configured for PL spectra and/or lifetimes, and standard or VUV emission range, depending on your needs. Options for samples at room temperature or in a software-controlled vacuum cryostat are available. If you are unsure on what options you require, our team is at hand to advise on the best configuration for your application.

 

Second Harmonic Generation

Second harmonic generation (SHG) microscopy uses the sample’s ability to generate second harmonic light, highlighting areas lacking centrosymmetry within the material. This non-linear optical process occurs when two photons of the same wavelength interact, producing a photon with half the wavelength. SHG imaging is crucial in materials science for visualising crystal symmetry changes in 2D semiconductors, and in biological tissue to selectively image non-centrosymmetric structures such as fibrillar collagen.

We noticed a trend specifically with the 2D material market for a need to carry out correlative Raman, PL, and SHG imaging for full characterisation of these materials. This technique demands extremely high excitation intensity not afforded by our standard laser choices. It was time to adapt our RMS1000 to this new requirement!

As we look to evolve our instruments, we work with other business to test their products for integration with ours. We have subsequently loaned and tested several lasers capable of producing the SHG signal so we can offer a complete solution to customers interested in this technology. Additional work has been carried out to integrate polarisers to work with these lasers and provide a full, software controlled, solution.

PR3 Plate Reader

The PR3 Plate Reader is a large-footprint plate reader with dimensions of 400 mm x 290 mm, fibre-coupled to Edinburgh Instruments photoluminescence spectrometers. It enables you to measure large solid samples with automated sample exchange.​

Just like the standard microplate readers from Edinburgh Instruments, you can define your own layout depending on the number of samples and their dimensions. Our engineering team can create custom sample holders following your requirements.

PR3 Plate Reader​

Antibunching Upgrade

Photon antibunching is an experimental technique for characterising single photon emitters such as quantum dots or defect centres in a material. Edinburgh Instruments microscopes (MicroPL for our photoluminescence spectrometers or RMS1000 Raman Microscope) can be equipped with an antibunching upgrade configured for the Hanbury-Brown-Twiss experiment.

In this setup, light emitted by the sample is split by a 50/50 beamsplitter and sent to two photon-counting detectors. One detectors is connected to the Start channel of the TCPSC electronics, and the other one is connected to the Stop channel. The electronics accurately record the delay between two photon events which is registered as counts in a histogram. Single photon emitters present a correlation in photon arrival times which creates a dip in the signal histogram, with a shape that depends on the emitter’s lifetime.

The antibunching upgrade is supplied as an additional module fibre-coupled to the microscope, so it is easy to upgrade your MicroPL or RMS1000 after purchase.

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