In this Q&A article, we highlight several prominent researchers being recognized at the 2026 SciX Conference for their significant contributions to spectroscopy and photonics and discuss what these researchers talked about at the conference.
|Articles|December 1, 2012
- Spectroscopy-12-01-2012
- Volume 27
- Issue 12
Ocean Optics
Ocean Optics
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Company Description
Ocean Optics is the inventor of the world's first miniature spectrometer and has specified and delivered nearly 200,000 of them over the past 20 years. The company provides solutions for diverse applications of optical sensing in medical and biological research, environmental regulation, science education, production and process control. Ocean Optics also provides a comprehensive range of complementary technologies, including chemical sensors, metrology instrumentation, optical fibers, probes, filters, and many more spectroscopic peripherals and accessories. Our spectrometers and sensors also are ideal for OEM applications — with modular options that meet virtually any application requirement.
Chief Spectroscopic Techniques Supported
Absorbance, transmission, reflectance, irradiance, fluorescence, Raman, UV-vis, NIR, spectroradiometry, color spectroscopy, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), fiber optic chemical sensing, flow injection analysis, elemental analysis, end-point detection, headspace monitoring, laser characterization, nondestructive testing, multispectral imaging.
Markets Served
Ocean Optics' technologies can be found in a diverse range of industries and disciplines. Our products are used by innovators, researchers, scientists, OEMs, medical and health care professionals, and manufacturing facilities in every country on the planet. Military and security concerns have incorporated Ocean Optics technologies into their equipment and science educators have made our equipment an integral part of their students' learning experience. You can find Ocean Optics products in virtually any application from food safety to forensics and from semiconductors to marine biology.
Major Products/Services
Spectrometers: UV-vis/NIR, high-resolution, time-gated fluorescence, spectrofluorometers, absorbance, laser-induced breakdown, LED measurement, reflectometer, Raman, remote sensing, field measurement
OEM offerings: Spectrometers, sensors, fibers, and sub-assemblies for embedding into OEM applications
Optical sensors: Oxygen sensors, pH sensors, temperature sensing, and transducing materials
Sampling accessories: Collimating lenses, cuvettes and holders, standards, filters and holders, flow cells, cosine correctors, integrating spheres
Light sources: Deuterium, tungsten halogen, LED, calibration sources, excitation sources, lasers
Optical fiber and probes: Premium-grade assemblies, bare fiber, custom options, reflection, transmission and temperature probes, vacuum feedthroughs, complete fiber kits
Facility
Ocean Optics is headquartered in Dunedin, Florida, and has full-service locations in Europe, Latin America, and the People's Republic of China. Ocean Optics is part of Halma, p.l.c., a safety and environmental technology group domiciled in the United Kingdom.
Ocean Optics
830 Douglas Ave.
Dunedin, FL 34698
TELEPHONE
(727) 733-2447
FAX
(727) 733-3962
WEB SITE
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
250
YEAR FOUNDED
1989
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