J200 LA Instrument

Think your LA results are the best they can be by optimized laser wavelength, alone? Think again. The J200 Data Analysis software package, along with the J200 LA instrument from Applied Spectra, Inc., transforms your laser ablation data into a real solution for your analytical applications via a straight-forward user interface.

Whether you are doing quantitative analysis for complex samples, spatially-resolved mapping analysis, or a quick survey for rapid isotope detection, the J200 LA instrument works seamlessly with your ICP-MS to provide the best user experience to help you discover the answers that you have been looking for.

ASI’s scientific team, with decades of laser ablation research, and hundreds of scholarly publications regarding LA-ICP-MS, also stand behind the J200 LA instrument and provide the industry-leading customer support.

The J200 Instrument:

• Rapid direct solid sampling

• Element / isotope mapping and depth profiling

• Industry leading data analysis software for quantitative and mapping analysis

• Extended elemental coverage and concentration dynamic range available with the added LIBS option on the J200 Tandem LA-LIBS

• Best method-development support from world-class LA-ICP-MS experts

Some of the highlights of the J200 LA instrument include an option for a compact, modular design, auto sampling height adjustment for uneven sample surfaces, sample chamber optimization for LA measurements, high precision gas flow control, and a dual camera sample visualization system.

Additionally, the J200’s design allows for the configuration of three different LIBS detectors, with a multiple detector option, opening up a wide range of analytical applications in the standalone LIBS mode of the instrument.

RESOlution Laser Ablation:

1)   RESOlution-SE
Exceptional Laser Ablation

The RESOlution-SE is a robust, compact 193nm excimer laser ablation system, offering an industry leading Laurin Technic sample cell and pioneering GeoStar μGISTM software. Incorporating the latest in ATL laser technology for longest laser life, increased optical performance and minimal laser maintenance.

• Guaranteed fluence to exceed 20 J/cm2

• Fast Washout Times ( 99% in <1s)

• Fully integrated laser control

• Compact & Portable

• Split Stream options

Specification

• Compact 193xm excimer laser

• On-sample fluence 20 J/cm2

• Laser pulse width of 5ns

• 32 mask wheel aperture positions as standard; optional 40 positions with beam expander

• Spot size range of 2μm to 100μm; up to 300 μm with optional beam expander

• Industry leading S155 sample cell; dual volume, constant volume

• Smoothing SQUID device included

• Flexible mounting options with nine (9) sample holders to choose from

• Compatible S155 fast and ultrafast transfer kits available for imaging and mapping

• Split Stream ready

2)  RESOlution-LR

Exceptional Laser Ablation

The RESOlution-LR is a robust, high energy, 193nm excimer laser ablation system, offering an industry leading Laurin Technic sample cell and pioneering GeoStar μGISTM software. Incorporating the latest in Coherent laser technology for increased optical performance and flexibility.

• HIGH ENERGY laser ablation

• Guaranteed fluence to exceed 45 J/cm2

• Fast Washout Times ( 99% in <1s)

• Fully integrated laser control

• Split Stream options

Specification

• High Energy 193xm excimer laser

• On-sample fluence ³ 45 J/cm2

• Laser pulse width of 20ns

• 40 maskwheel aperture positions as standard

• Spot size range of 2 μm to 380 μm

• Industry leading S155 sample cell; dual volume, constant volume

• Smoothing SQUID device included

• Flexible mounting options with nine (9) sample holders to choose from

• Compatible S155 fast and ultrafast transfer kits available for imaging and mapping

• Split Stream ready

3)   S155 Sample Cell

Industry Leading S155 Sample Cell

Exclusive for RESOlution Laser Ablation Systems, the Laurin Technic S155 laser ablation cell was developed by Michael Shelley, a pioneer in LA-ICP-MS development and formerly of the Australian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences (ANU, RSES). Its design incorporates many sophisticated features that combine to deliver excellent results.

The S155 is the only constant volume, dual volume sample cell available on the market. This unique design ensures that your sample reaches the ICP as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Published results demonstrate that this cell delivers:

• Fast washout times

• Outstanding signal sensitivity

• Highly uniform signal across the entire cell

• Minimal fractionation

The S155 Laurin Technic laser ablation cell incorporates the same advanced features as the earlier M50A sample cell, with over six times the accessible area.

• Movement range of 155mm x 105mm

• Mount up to 20 standard 1” mounts

• Mount up to 6 full-size thin section slides

• No performance compromise

Samples in the cell are imaged using a motorised off-axis viewing system and a high resolution camera, all effortlessly controlled via our GeoStar software. All gas controls are completely automated, making sample exchanges easy and safe for the torch. Gas operations are customised to specific ICP requirements using a powerful scripting language.

4)  GeoStar μGISTM Software

Intuitive Control Software

The RESOlution control software, GeoStar, is widely regarded by many users to be the best and most versatile control software available. It was developed by the scientific software company, Norris Software, which has over fifteen years of programming and interface design, as well as extensive microanalytical experience.

GeoStar μGIS™ software has been specifically written for RESOlution instruments. Its intuitive interface is easy to learn and it allows new users to get started very quickly. An extensive range of sophisticated features ensures that any researcher can easily program an ablation sequence.

The software is great for both manual point selection and for automated runs thousands of points long. Special design features make sample navigation a breeze with rich sample imagery and automated mosaic collection, to ensure you always choose the correct grain, phase, or growth band for ablation.

The unique structured interface is simple for users to learn, along with many powerful features for the conscientious laboratory manager:

• Completely automated instrument control

• Integrated on-sample fluence calibration and laser energy

• management

• Visual-Stage-Correction offers sub-micron positioning

• Import images from any source, such as an SEM or petrographic microscope

• Integrate with any ICP-MS

Laser fluence management ensures the correct on-sample fluence throughout the working week. Laser output is continuously monitored for reliable gas handling and exceptional laser ablation.

GeoStar is designed for complete automation, while also offering manual point-by-point ablation. When creating an automated sequence the software supports many thousands of points, and offers:

• Drag and drop reordering

• Cut and paste reordering

• Undo and redo operations

• Visual and name-based selection

• “Distribute” feature automatically brackets samples with standards

J200 Femtosecond Laser Ablation (LA) Instrument:

J200 Femtosecond Laser Ablation (LA) Instrument

Applied Spectra, Inc. custom builds the J200 Series Femtosecond Laser Ablation instrument to meet the most demanding material analysis challenges. Harnessing Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) technology, together with a powerful femtosecond laser, Applied Spectra, the leader in laser ablation, works with our customers to build integrated instruments tailored to their application requirements. ASI’s scientific team, boasts decades of laser ablation research and hundreds of scholarly publications regarding LA-ICP-MS, as well as their successful J200 LA, LIBS, and Tandem LA-LIBS instruments.

Highlights of the J200 Femtosecond LA Instrument:

• High precision, accuracy, and sensitivity

• Rapid direct solid sampling

• Generation of nano-sized particles with high transport efficiency to ICP-MS

• Sample matrix effect minimization

• Minimum thermal effect and stoichiometric sample ablation

• Highly reliable ytterbium diode pumped fs laser source

• Element / isotope mapping and depth profiling

• Extended elemental coverage and concentration dynamic range with LIBS option

Now that you have made a significant investment on your ICP-MS, it is time for you to step up and get the highest possible LA-ICP-MS performance with the J200 Femto LA instrument from Applied Spectra. Contact us today and find out about the latest instrument advances at Applied Spectra and the J200 Femto LA instrument.

J200 Femto iX Laser Ablation (LA) Instrument

The 200 Femto iX LA Instrument represents the state-of-the-art in ultrafast laser sampling technology based on the world’s most compact bench-top design. This instrument is the next evolution of the highly successful and proven J200 Femto LA Instrument with the largest installed base in the world.

At the heart of the J200 Femto iX is a compact and robust laser source that is exclusively available from Applied Spectra. With cutting-edge hardware designs that include intelligent transport gas control, auto sample height adjustment, high resolution 3D sample stages, innovative sample cells, and LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) add-on capability, the J200 Femto iX is the most innovative femtosecond LA instrument that can tackle the most demanding LA-ICP-MS analysis. The instrument is also accompanied by the industry leading data analysis software, Clarity Femto, for efficient time-resolved ICP-MS signal processing, straightforward quantitative analysis, 2D/3D elemental imaging, and sample forensics.

Highlights of the J200 Femto iX LA Instrument:

• High precision, accuracy, and sensitivity

• Compact bench-top design

• Affordable cost

• Low maintenance cost

• Compact high repetition rate femtosecond laser

• Intelligent transport gas control

• Auto sample height adjustment

• High resolution 3D sample stages

• Innovative sample cells

• LIBS (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) add-on capability for Tandem LA-ICP-MS and LIBS analysis

。LIBS

J200 Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) Instrument

The J200 LIBS instrument is Applied Spectra’s flagship system. It is designed specifically to handle the most demanding trace element analyses — those requiring high sensitivity and accuracy. With a single-digit ppm level detection limit for many elements in the periodic table, the J200 LIBS is an ideal instrument for challenging quantitative elemental analysis with many sample matrices.

The J200 LIBS instrument is well suited for both laboratory analysis and production monitoring applications. The instrument is capable of monitoring single or multiple elements of analytical interest.

With several hardware upgrade options available, the J200 LIBS is configurable to provide different laser ablation environments, thus allowing our customers to perform highly innovative LIBS research. The robust instrument design ensures repeatable measurement results with every laser pulse.

The J200 LIBS instrument uses an Nd:YAG laser for ablating samples. The laser wavelength is carefully chosen to provide the best analytical results for each customer’s unique application. In addition, the type of spectrometer that is best fit for the customer’s applications is included with the instrument, providing solutions unique and appropriate for every analytical situation.

Highlights of the J200 LIBS Instrument:

Optimized plasma light collection

The J200 LIBS incorporates a unique light collection optics design that couples the maximum amount of the plasma light to the detector module. This feature enables the highest possible sensitivity performance.

ASI technology ensures accuracy and repeatability

One of the critical instrument requirements for achieving improved LIBS data precision is a consistent laser focus to the sample surface. With patent-pending ASI hardware technology, our customers are assured that their LIBS measurements are accurate and repeatable.

ASI chemometric software package

ASI’s proprietary chemometric software utilizes a set of highly sophisticated statistical algorithms to add material discrimination capability to our LIBS instruments. Proven through extensive testing of a wide range of materials with different interferences, ASI’s chemometric software package adds another level of analytical capability for our customers.

Software control

All of our J200 series instruments come with Applied Spectra’s powerful Axiom software, which includes our TruLIBS database. Axiom features a simple, intuitive graphical interface that allows multiple users to operate the instrument software with different access privileges. Thus, the same J200 instrument can be used by production line operators to simply run a prepared measurement recipe for routine quality control work, or by the laboratory scientists to perform cutting-edge elemental research.

。Tandem LA-LIBS

J200 Tandem LA-LIBS Instrument

Want it all in one instrument – elemental and isotopic analysis, no sample preparation, and fast throughput? Look no further than the J200 Tandem LA-LIBS instrument, from Applied Spectra. By capturing the emitted light from a laser ablation plasma, the J200 performs rapid spectroscopic analysis while transporting ablated particles to an ICP-MS instrument with high transport efficiency.

This revolutionary analytical technique enables exciting new measurement possibilities: analysis of organic and lighter elements, rapid elemental mapping, normalization of ICP-MS signal with plasma emission, and simultaneous measurement of major/trace elements and isotopes.

The J200 inherits its proven LA instrument design and powerful LIBS technology from Applied Spectra’s trusted line of state-of-the-art products, including our J200 LA and LIBS instruments. By eliminating the cost of gas and laser beam delivery optics replacement, the J200 Tandem drives down the cost of ownership while providing outstanding analytical capabilities.

。Helium Thermochronology

1）Alphachron

Automated Helium Thermochronology

The Alphachron™ is the first commercially available, automated, integrated and compact turnkey system designed for the extraction and measurement of gases from mineral samples. The Alphachron™ was developed by the CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining (DEM), and Patterson Instruments, and is now manufactured and marketed by Applied Spectra. The Alphachron™, as a specialist mass spectrometry instrument for geochemists, fits well with Applied Spectra’s product range, expertise and customer base.

During the course of research on the 4D evolution of ore systems, the CSIRO DEM found the need to develop instrumentation for rapid and automated analysis of mineral samples, which became the Alphachron&trade. The Alphachron™ technology, based on an innovative helium extraction/measurement instrument, is being adopted by the market as a standard analytical platform allowing an accurate determination of the thermal history of the Earth’s crust.

Up to 25 mineral samples can be loaded into the laser chamber of the Alphachron™ and heated (approximately 1000°C for apatite, and approximately 1250°C for zircon) under vacuum for five minutes with a 915nm diode laser. The extracted gas samples are analysed to determine their 4He content. The gas extraction process is repeated to ensure all the gas has been removed from the sample and in order to provide each sample with a blank. Mineral standards are analysed in each group of samples. Parent mineral concentration is subsequently determined by ICP-MS analysis of the sample.

Specifications

The Alphachron™ MkII is a turnkey system for the automated extraction and measurement of radiogenic helium from mineral samples. The instrument integrates a laser-heating module with a gas-handling module and an optional quartz-halogen heating system. The system is delivered prefabricated and is ready to use for measurement after installation and minimal commissioning. After extraction of the helium by laser or quartz-haologen heating, the mineral grains are digested and analysed using standard ICP-MS techniques.

System Features

• High vacuum system consisting of dry diaphragm fore pump, hybrid turbo pump with controller, and ion pump with controller;

• Quadropole mass spectrometer (QMS); Range of mass magnitude: 1-100 amu; Detector: Faraday/passage multiplier; Detection limit: < 2×10-11 mbar; Sensitivity of Ar: > 5×10-4/200 A/mbar;

• SAES getters (2 installed, 1 spare) and getter activation power supply;

• Stainless steel high-vacuum line with automatic and manual valves;

• Automated X-Y laser stage with machine vision;

• 915 nm diode laser, lens system, power supply and safety shield;

• 3 x 3.3 litre stainless steel tanks with 3He spike, an analytical 4He standard, and a 4He reference standard;

• 25 sample capacity laser chamber with sapphire window;

• He diffusion cell option, (maximum operating T = 600°C) and integrated automation software;

• Dedicated computer system with a Windows computer interfaced to the Alphachron digital I/O system, quadrupole, laser controller, diffusion cell controller (option), CCD camera (or optical pyrometer) and xy controller;

• Solenoid system and control panel for automatic valve control

• Alphachron system software/drivers for laser automation, gas handling and measurement of radiogenic helium;

• Installation and training;

• Data reduction /alpha correction software routines and spreadsheets;

• Instrument manuals;

Software Interface

A powerful visual software package based on LabView allows users to create and adjust the operational sequence of the system experiments without any previous programming knowledge. An intuitive interface is included to help users manage experiments using simple textual files. These ‘scripts’ are able to control tightly all aspects of the system’s automated operation. Users can define separate scripts for each of the samples present on the sample disk, allowing multiple tests on varying samples during one automated run, without the need for user intervention, or loading/reloading of samples between tests.

2）RESOchron
The Logical combination for Geoscience Applications

In response to requirements of university and industry partners, the RESOchron instrument was developed to conduct U-Th-Pb-He triple-dating and trace element characterization of mineral chronometers. This instrument answers the needs of applications in basic geoscience research such as tectonics and landscape evolution studies, as well as for industry applications in petroleum basin analysis and mineral exploration.

Laser ablation helium thermochronology samples a precisely defined, defect-free volume of the crystal, with a known surface area, thereby overcoming two uncertainties in the traditional method of bulk crystal measurement. Double dates are obtained quickly and at low cost in a compact instrument based on RESOlution Laser Ablation (LA-ICPMS) and Alphachron™ technologies with well established heritage.

Specification

Helium Analysis System

• High vacuum system consisting of dry backing pump, dry hybrid turbo pump with controller, and ion pump with controller

• Quadropole mass spectrometer (QMS); range of mass magnitude: 1-100 amu; detector: Faraday Cup and SEM (Secondary Electron Multiplier; detection limit (SEM): 1e-14 hPa (7.5e-15 Torr); Ar Sensitivity (SEM): 200 A / hPa (265 A / Torr)

• Stainless steel high-vacuum line with automatic and manual valves

• Automated x-y laser stage with machine vision;

• 915 nm diode laser, lens system, power supply and safety shield;

• 25-sample capacity laser chamber with sapphire window;

• 3 x 3.3 litre stainless steel tanks with 3He spike, an analytical 4He standard, and a 4He reference standard

• Dedicated computer control system

Laser Ablation System

• Excimer Laser with 193 nanometer wavelength

• Dual volume, constant volume sample cell with minimum XY movement of 150mm x 100mm

• Ultra-high vacuum cell that is compatible with the ablation sample cell

• Pulse energy at the output window of the resonator of the laser @ 10Hz repetition rate > 10 mJ

• Pulse to Pulse Energy stability < 2 RSD

• Fluence @10Hz repletion rate: > 20 J/cm2

• Repetition rate > 100 Hz

• Minimum spot size range of 2-100um (squares and circles)

• Long working distance imaging lens

• Homogeneous energy distribution for flat bottomed ablation craters

• Accuracy and repeatability of the XY positioning stage, better than 1 μm

• Fast washout times (99% in < 1second)

• Multiple mounting of standards and samples with any shape

• Integrated, software controlled cell carrier gas delivery of Helium, and Nitrogen

• Fully automated analysis capabilities

。Aurora LIBS Spectrometer

Not all LIBS spectrometers are created equal. The Aurora LIBS Spectrometer—designed by the LIBS experts at Applied Spectra—delivers the high spectral resolution and precise gate timing control required for effective LIBS analysis.

Aurora’s flexible number of spectrometer channels makes it an ideal detector for broadband as well as narrower band analysis focusing on a few specific elements. And Aurora features integrated data analytics, including our TruLIBS™ emission database and LIBS GDT (Graphical Development Tool) chemometric software; together, these enable our customers to rapidly identify complex emission peaks and process LIBS spectra for accurate quantitative and material forensic analysis.

Not Just a Component—A Complete LIBS Spectrometer Solution

The LIBS experts at Applied Spectra have a long and successful history delivering LIBS instrument solutions to researchers and industrial customers. We applied this expertise and experience to Aurora’s hardware design and software features. Aurora strikes the right balance between spectral resolution and detection sensitivity—from UV to NIR spectral ranges. Don’t waste time wondering if you have the right spectrometer configuration. Aurora lets you focus attention on your applications or research.