Spectra of the Month Experiments
Posted on: December 19th, 2019
Conducted by: David Ademe, Avantes Inc. Theme: LED’s/Irradiance Background/Applications: Spectral irradiance is the irradiance of a surface per unit frequency or wavelength, depending on whether the spectrum is taken as…
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Posted on: November 21st, 2019
Conducted by: David Ademe, Avantes Inc. Theme: Grains/Agriculture Background/Applications: Absorption and reflection measurements can be used to determine the freshness of various crops, from fruits and vegetables to even grains.…
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Posted on: October 25th, 2019
This month’s spectra celebrates the Halloween season as we measure spectra results obtained from BLOOD! Background/Applications: Absorption spectroscopy is used across a wide range of industries and is an effective…
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Posted on: September 26th, 2019
Background This spectra feature was provided by Pine Instruments as an example of a spectroelectrochemistry application that measures electrochemical response over a range of applied electrical potential and correlated against…
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Posted on: September 12th, 2019
This Month’s spectra were contributed by a current Avantes customer in the manufacturing of Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSEL). Parameters Measured We utilize Avantes spectrometers to measure spectral peak…
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Posted on: July 16th, 2019
Avantes engineers have been thinking “thin” this month, thin film that is. We are sharing thin film measurement data from a mulit-layer deposition collected through collaboration with Alan Streeter and…
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Posted on: June 24th, 2019
Spectra of the Month for June investigated Color measurements using Behr paint samples obtained from a local hardware store. Behr publishes color values for their paints which were used to…
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Posted on: May 21st, 2019
For the featured spectra of the month, the Avantes team ran a series of experiments for a local Louisville, Colorado producer of hemp and CBD oils and extracts and developed…
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Posted on: April 23rd, 2019
This month, the Avantes US engineering team measured the broadband spectra of the sun from the Avantes, Inc. offices in Louisville, CO between 300 nm and 1100 nm. The Louisville…
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Posted on: March 29th, 2019
This month’s spectra feature compares the spectra of tap water at the Avantes, Inc. offices in Louisville, Colorado to spectra of a water sample drawn from a tributary of Coal…
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