No longer do you need to choose between the highest performance laser ablation system and your budget. CETAC Technologies and Photon Machines Inc. have launched the Analyte Excite, the latest entry in the highly successful Analyte^TM laser ablation series. The Excite offers excimer technology at 193 nm with all the analytical capabilities you require, and a price you can afford.

The Excite delivers finely controlled, “homogenizer-flat” ablations with high sensitivity and split second response. Fire-on-the-fly lasing that is synchronized to the stage motion, combined with fast washout ablation cells, make precision depth profiling of spots, lines and areas possible and enables high spatial resolution elemental mapping. The Excite is equipped with a high definition, color GigE camera on a high magnification, optical zoom, video-microscope capable of resolving 2 μm features. Transmitted, reflective and ring illumination, cross polarizers plus software selectable camera settings give the user enhanced viewing capabilities. The combination of ultra-short pulse length and 193 nm wavelength is unsurpassed in coupling efficiency.

The Excite ablates all materials, from opaque to highly transparent, including delicate powders, hard quartz and resilient carbonates with depth penetration in the tens of nanometers per shot. The beam energy profile is homogenized to ensure uniform ablations across the entire range of spot sizes and on a wide range of materials.

• Best value in excimer laser ablation systems
• Ultra-short 193 nm wavelength
• Ultra-short < 4 ns pulse length
• Ultra-flat beam homogenization
• Surplus fluence ablates all materials
• Optical homogenization of the laser beam for uniform flat ablations
• Synchronized fire-on-the-fly lasing for best depth profiling and control
• Independent video and lasing optical elements for optimal viewing and crater quality
• Aperture imaged spots ranging from ~2 μm to >150 μm
• 30 apertures with custom masks available
• 100 mm² XY stage travel
• Fast washout, 1 and 2 volume sample cells available
• Sealed gas cabinet