WITec GmbH

Company Description

WITec is a manufacturer of high-resolution optical and scanning probe microscopy solutions for scientific and industrial applications. A modular product line allows the combination of different microscopy techniques such as Raman, NSOM, or AFM in one instrument. The company's product line features a near-field scanning optical microscope, using unique cantilever technology, a confocal Raman microscope designed for highest sensitivity and resolution, and an AFM for material research and nanotechnology. Focusing on innovations and constantly introducing new technologies, WITec is the leading expert for a wide variety of optical, structural, and chemical imaging tasks.

Chief Spectroscopic Techniques Supported

• Raman spectroscopy

• Confocal 3D Raman imaging

• Ultrafast confocal Raman imaging

• Confocal and near-field fluorescence spectroscopy

• Upgradeable with atomic force and near-field microscopy capabilities

• Topographic Raman imaging

• RISE microscopy (Raman imaging & scanning electron microscopy)

Markets Served

WITec products are delivered worldwide to academic and industrial research labs focusing on high-resolution chemical imaging and materials characterization. Areas of application for WITec's confocal Raman imaging systems include polymer sciences, pharmaceutics, life science, geoscience, thin films and coating analysis, semiconductors, and nanotechnology.

Major Products/Services

WITec alpha300 Confocal Raman Microscope: The alpha300 R is a Raman imaging system focusing on high-resolution as well as high-speed spectra and image acquisition. The acquisition time for a single Raman spectrum is in the range of 1 ms or even below; thus, a complete Raman image consisting of tens of thousands of spectra can be obtained in 1 min or less. Differences in chemical composition, although completely invisible in the optical image, will be apparent in the Raman image and can be analyzed three-dimensionally with a resolution down to 200 nm.

WITec alpha500 Automated Confocal Raman & Atomic Force Microscope: The alpha500 is an automated confocal Raman and atomic force microscopy system incorporating a motorized sample stage for large samples and customized multi-area/multi-point measurements. It allows nondestructive chemical imaging with confocal Raman microscopy as well as high-resolution topography imaging with AFM using the integrated piezo scan-stage. Both modes can be run fully automatically, guaranteeing the most comprehensive surface inspection possibilities for systematic and routine research tasks or high-level quality control.

Facilities

WITec Headquarters is located in Ulm, Germany, and includes the R&D department, production, sales and marketing, and administration. WITec Instruments Corp. in Knoxville, Tennessee, is responsible for North American sales and service activities.

WITec GmbH
Main Address:
Lise-Meitner-Str. 6, 89081
Ulm, Germany

WITec Instruments Corp.
130G Market Place Blvd.
Knoxville, TN 37922

TELEPHONE
+49 (0) 731 140 700
US: (865) 984-4445

FAX
+49 (0) 731 140 70200
US: (865) 984-4441

E-MAILinfo@witec.de

WEB SITEwww.www.witec.de

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
40

YEAR FOUNDED
1997