miniRaman Microscope
The world’s smallest confocal and modular Raman microscope
miniRaman Microscope Benefits miniRaman Microscope Benefits miniRaman Microscope Benefits
Ultra-Compact Design
High-Resolution Mapping
Dual Operation Modes
Modular & Flexible
Affordable Excellence
Unique Technology Unique Technology Unique Technology
The miniRaman microscope is an innovative confocal equipment based on the miniRaman spectrometer, with a patented, integrated reference channel. This innovative technology ensures automatic calibration by correcting for laser wavelength drift delivering accurate and reliable results. Due to the unique, patented technology miniRaman microscope has very high throughput, perfect wavenumber accuracy and Raman intensity calibration via in-build reference channel.
Optical schema of miniRaman MRs. See details for miniRaman MRs patent here:
https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2019145005
Technical Specifications Technical Specifications Technical Specifications
| Feature versus model | miniRaman microscopy platform motorized | miniRaman microscopy platform manual | miniRaman microscopy platform focusing stage |
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| Compatible spectrometers | miniRaman spectrometers miniRaman Pro spectrometers | ||
| Lateral resolution* | 800 - 900 nm | ||
| Axial resolution or confocality* | 2.5 – 3 μm | ||
| White light microscopy | Reflected with simultaneous visualization of laser spot and Raman acquisition | Not included | |
| Microscopy configuration | up-right and inverted | ||
| Mapping travel range in XYZ | 30 x 30 x 30 mm | 10 x 10 x 13 mm | |
| Minimum step size | 500 nm | 5 µm | |
** Resolution depends on the laser wavelength and spectrometer used. Values represent the use of miniRaman spectrometers, all wavelengths with microscope objective NA = 0.95, 100x magnification.
Extra Features Extra Features Extra Features
Small Size
(130 mm x 130 mm x 300 mm)
Lightweight
(4 kg)
White light microscopy reflection
with simultaneous visualization of laser spot and Raman acquisition
Microscopy Configuration
up-right and inverted
Axial and Lateral step
500 nm
Applications Applications Applications
For researchers, industries, universities
Life Sciences & Health
skin diagnostics, cosmetics
Materials & Nanotechnology
Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)
Industrial & Chemical Analysis
metallurgy, and food safety
Quality Control & Authentication
counterfeit product detection
Miraspec Miraspec Miraspec
| Data acquisition |
Laser power control
Exposure time control
Sensor gain control
Number of repetitions control
Spectral range control
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| Data preprocessing options |
Spike correction
(Whittaker-Hayes, moving window) Spectral smoothing (Whittaker, asymmetric least squares, Savitzky-Golay) Baseline correction (rolling circle, rubberband, least squares, asymmetrically reweighted penalized) Spectrum normalization (Z-score, mean, Mean centre, MinMax, Unit Norm L1, Unit Norm L2) Intensity normalization* Laser mode-hop correction* |
| Visual microscopy |
Simultaneous image acquisition Visualization of laser spot position Panorama sample imaging |
| Mapping |
X, Y and/or Z spatial mapping Time mapping Curvature compensation |
| Map analysis |
Peak intensity map using 2 dimensions (X, Y, Z, time or Raman shift) Peak area map using 2 dimensions (X, Y, Z, time or Raman shift) |
| Chemical mapping methods |
Principal component regression Non-negative matrix factorization (SIMPLISMA-NNLS, MCR-ALS) |
System controlled by smartphone or PC via Bluetooth or USB-C cable.
Accesories Accesories Accesories
- Microscope objectives with magnification 10x, 20x, 50x, 100x
- Custom microscope objectives available upon request
- Objective covers
- Adapters for standard microscopy objectives (incl magnetic)
- Disposable silicone heads
- Sample holders