High-throughput, high-resolution Echelle deep-UV Raman spectrometer

Appl Spectrosc. 2013 Aug;67(8):873-83. doi: 10.1366/12-06960.

Abstract

We constructed an ultrahigh-throughput, high-resolution ultraviolet (UV) Raman spectrograph that utilizes a high-efficiency filter-stage monochromator and a high-dispersion Echelle spectrograph. The spectrograph utilizes a total of six mirrors and two gratings, with an overall efficiency at 229 nm of ~18%. The limiting resolution of our spectrometer is 0.6 cm⁻¹ full width half-maximum (FWHM), as measured for 229 nm Rayleigh scattering. Use of a 1 mm-wide entrance slit gives rise to an approximately 10 cm⁻¹ FWHM resolution at 229 nm. The ultrahigh spectrograph throughput enables ultrahigh signal-to-noise ratio, deep UV Raman spectra that allow us to monitor <1% changes in peptide bond composition. The throughput is measured to be 35-fold greater than conventional deep UV Raman spectrometers.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Equipment Design
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays / instrumentation*
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays / methods
  • Peptides / analysis*
  • Protein Conformation
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / instrumentation*
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet / methods
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / instrumentation*
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman / methods

Substances

  • Peptides