The ASC-AC lamp assembly consists of a power supply and lamp housing for the ASC Series calibration line-source lamps. As a reference standard, the atomic emission of the ASC Series lamps consists of discrete spectral lines of defined wavelength, spectral width, and relative intensity. The stability makes them extremely useful for calibration, alignment, and resolution testing of spectrophotometric instrumentation, including monochromators, spectrographs, spectrophotometers, and detectors.

    Five different calibration lamps are available: Mercury (Hg); Neon (Ne); Argon (Ar); Krypton (Kr); and Xenon (Xe). The Mercury lamp has strong spectral lines throughout the UV-VIS region. The Neon lamp has a large number of lines of mid to high intensity in the 800nm to 3400nm range, which makes it useful for resolution testing in the NIR region. There are also several closely spaced lines of similar intensity over this wavelength range. The Xenon lamp's distribution of lines of moderate-intensity between 800nm and 3500nm is useful for calibration in the IR. These emission lines are relatively close to wavelengths used by fiber optic communication systems for data transfer. Testing of fibers and detectors for these systems can be performed without the inherent high cost of lasers for light sources. The Argon line spectrum features several lines of consistent high intensity between 700nm and 1000nm. These lines at such a high intensity are excellent for calibration in that region. There are also several lines spaced less than 1 nm apart that can be used for resolution testing.
 

• Features

• Accomodates compact pencil-style calibration lamps
• Provides highly repeatable wavelength, linewidth, and intensity calibration standards
• Allows quick-on / quick-pff instrument mounting. Features post mount for optical bench
• Five elemental emitters - Mercury (Hg), Neon (Ne), Xenon (Xe), Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr)

 

• Specifications

  Model	ASC series Accessories
  Package	Sealed double bore fused silica tubing
  Warm-up	2 - 4 minutes
  Lamp Lifetime	5,000 years (500 hours for Neon)
  Power Supply	110 to 230 VAC, 50 / 60Hz
  Line Cord	6ft. (1.83m) 3-wire ground type SJ
  Output Connection	16" (40.6cm) cord with polarized female connectors
  Output Voltage	1600C rms, +10%, -0%
  Output Current	0.018 A, +10%, -0%
  Max. Ambient Temperature	35°C
  Min. Ambient Temperature	15°C
  Options	AF2 series Fiber Optic Couplers

 

• Products

  Models	Description
  ASC-AC	Lamp Assembly, Spectral Calibration, 100-240V, 50-60Hz
  ASC-AC-ZC	Lamp Assembly (power supply and housing), Spectral Calibration, for ASC-ZN/ASC-CD only
  ASC-HG	Lamp, Spectral Calibration, Hg For use with ASC-AC (and old ASC-ACCE)
  ASC-AR	Lamp, Spectral Calibration, Ar For use with ASC-AC (and old ASC-ACCE)
  ASC-NE	Lamp, Spectral Calibration, Ne For use with ASC-AC (and old ASC-ACCE)
  ASC-XE	Lamp, Spectral Calibration, Xe For use with ASC-AC (and old ASC-ACCE)
  ASC-KR	Lamp, Spectral Calibration, Kr For use with ASC-AC (and old ASC-ACCE)
  ASC-ZN	Lamp, Spectral Calibration, Zn For use with ASC-ZnCd
  ASC-CD	Lamp, Spectral Calibration, Cd For use with ASC-ZnCd

   

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