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Witec’s True Surface Microscopy wins 2011 R&D100 Award
True Surface Microscopy provides optical or chemical properties at the surface of a sample and can be used to measure the topography of compound semiconductor materials.
WITec’s “True Surface Microscopy” has been selected as a winner of the prestigious 2011 R&D 100 Award.
It honours the WITec innovation as one of the 100 most technologically significant developments of the year. True Surface Microscopy allows confocal Raman imaging guided by surface topography. The topographic coordinates measured from an integrated profilometer are used to perfectly follow the sample surface in confocal Raman imaging mode.
Figure. The instrument featuring the True Surface Microscopy Mode
The result is an image revealing optical or chemical properties at the surface of the sample, even if this surface is very rough or heavily inclined. It is suited to imaging many materials such as compound semiconductors and graphene.
Previously in March 2011, True Surface Microscopy received the PITTCON 2011 Editors Gold Award.
“With True Surface Microscopy we have made another technological leap which will enable our customers to explore new avenues in their scientific field” says Olaf Hollricher, Managing Director Research & Development. “This second award further validates our claim of always providing cutting-edge innovations and is a great recognition of the success of our product strategy.”
The internationally recognised award was established in 1963 and is selected by an independent panel of judges as well as the editors of R&D Magazine and is presented every year to outstanding innovations in industrial research and development.
In 2008 WITec received the R&D 100 Award for the automated confocal Raman and Atomic Force Microscope platform alpha500. The judges choose breakthrough products or processes that can contribute to changing people`s lives or redefining current technology. Winners will be recognised at the R&D 100 Awards Banquet on 13 Ocober 2011 in Orlando, Florida.
Tiger Optics popularity high in monitoring gas mixtures
The U.S based company is producing more gas analysers to cope with the demand for its CW-CRDS laser technology in compound semiconductor manufacturing.
Tiger Optics, a manufacturer of laser-based instruments used to detect contaminants in pure gases, has said its devices are increasingly sought to monitor gas mixtures.
To meet demand, Tiger said it is deploying more July 2011
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