Confocal Raman Microscope

The procurement concerns a confocal Raman microscope for integration into a fixed, multi-system facility coupled to ultra-high-vacuum research systems for characterizing reactive quantum materials, imposing the following requirements. First, a dual-microscope, free-space configuration comprising of two microscope heads at 90° to one another, sharing one set of lasers and spectrometers, with fiber-free coupling and unobstructed sample access (no closed frame, enclosure, or support pillars). Second, broad near-infrared coverage with high resolution for at least two excitation lasers, spectral resolution better than 1 cm⁻¹, and continuous coverage to 2200 nm in a single configuration. Third, fully software-controlled confocal optics and customizable UHV positioning with a motorized, continuously variable confocal aperture and motorized sample stage, both software-controllable, with a stage-control interface customizable for third-party UHV positioning systems.