Ocean Optics QE-Pro

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QE-Pro

Ocean Optics™ (now Ocean Insight™) QE-Pro™ fiber optic spectrometer. Thermoelectrically cooled CCD spectrometer with an SMA-905 fiber optic input, covering the range 250-1050nm, with resolution = 0.4nm. Connected via fiber optic cables, this spectrometer can be configured for various optical experiments such as fluorescence, photoluminescence, and chemiluminescence, where detection of low light levels is needed.  The detection optics can be focused to < 1mm spot size. Various sample holders can accommodate liquid, solid, and thin film samples. Available excitation sources include various blue (405, 450, 480nm) and UV (365, 370, 385nm) diodes (for PL) and broadband deuterium-halogen continuous source (for absorbance or spectral reflectance measurements).  The facility also maintains an older Ocean Optics™ QE-65000 spectrometer with similar capabilities.

Hourly rate: UC Users: $20  • non-UC Users: $29

Location: Pacific Hall room 4017 • UC San Diego Main Campus • 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358 USA

Contact: Ricardo De Luna, Facility Manager
email the Facility Manager to reserve this instrument or a training activity


The UC San Diego MRSEC-MCF is a user and service facility associated with the NSF-funded UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, dedicated to materials characterization, assays, and sample processing.

We ask that any publications or presentations acknowledge use of these MRSEC-supported facilities with the following statement:

“The authors acknowledge the use of facilities and instrumentation supported by NSF through the UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (UCSD MRSEC), grant # DMR-2011924”