The new Raman X series is the most powerful, comprehensive compact Raman product line that Wasatch Photonics ever created, with superior sensitivity and flexibility to serve the needs of researchers and OEM instrument developers alike. The product family includes modular spectrometers, integrated lasers, complete Raman spectroscopy systems, and OEM modules from 532 – 1,064 nm.

The X series replaces the company’s line of WP Raman spectrometers used widely in medical diagnostics, materials research, food quality, security, authentication, and the environment. The new line leverages the company’s patented VPH gratings, signature sensitivity, and highly robust and reproducible optical bench – now refined for ease of manufacture with a configurable, unified optomechanical design. This allows for a high degree of customization for research and/or prototyping, backed by scalability to high volumes in the company’s recently expanded US manufacturing facility.

The series includes spectrometers and systems for use at a number of excitation wavelenghts, covering the fingerprint and functional range of Raman peaks with 10 cm^-1 resolution or better. The products use a high NA optical design, configuration options include a choice of input apertures, detector cooling level, slit size, and sample coupling.

“The X series started with a question – What does the future of Raman look like?” says Dr David Creasey, CEO of Wasatch Photonics. “Raman is well established in hazmat detection and pharma, and now it’s starting to take off in medical diagnostics and similar bioanalysis. We created the series to give OEMs the sensitivity, reproducibility, and configurability they need and to bring their solutions to market more rapidly.”