SWIFT™

Second generation SWIFT ultra-fast Raman imaging, showing real time hyperspectral Raman image acquisition on a structured semiconductor device, with 40,200 spectra acquired in less than 50 seconds.

Fast Raman imaging offers many advantages to the user:

• Acquisition times reduced by orders of magnitude without compromise in image quality.
• Macro areas (centimeters) can now be analysed with micro resolution.
• High definition megapixel Raman images are now possible in a single fast Raman map, providing both a broad overview and detailed high resolution work in a single experiment.
• Data rich 3D confocal volume images can be acquired in realistic timescales, allowing a sample’s internal structure to be interrogated.
• Time resolved Raman imaging – with a full image acquired in just a few seconds, chemical reactions such as polymer curing occuring on minute/hour timescales can now be imaged.

SWIFT™ is suitable for use with all lasers from UV through to near infra-red. It is compatible with all HORIBA Scientific systems, either at time of purchase, or as a retro-fittable upgrade (additional or replacement parts may be required).

SWIFT™ ultra fast Raman image of a mineral section, illustrating distribution of quartz species (red/blue) and a haematite seam.

SWIFT™ Raman image of graphene on Silicon, showing mono-layer, bi-layer and tri-layer areas. A step size of 200nm was used, with 50 ms integration per point.

SWIFT™ 3D Raman volume display of barium sulfate particles in a polymer matrix in a 92?m³ volume, acquired with 200nm step and 50ms integration.

High definition SWIFT™ image of entire 17mm pharmaceutical tablet, comprising over 2.6 million spectra. Zoom regions are taken from the same data, illustrating how a single high definition image can be used to survey on millimeter scales and investigate detail on the micrometer scale.

SWIFT™ ultra-fast Raman imaging of onion cells, illustrating general cell structure (red/blue) and isolated zones of carotenoid species.