Euroscan Instruments
S.A., a spin-off of the University of Namur, was founded in 1992
as a transformation of the company Survac, initially created to
develop ultra-high vacuum technology and surface analysis spectroscopy,
to a “S.A.” (Société Anonyme). This change
resulted from the participation in the EU funded project BRITE in
partnership with the University of Namur, with the task to develop
a high resolution electron energy loss spectrometer (HREELS) as
a product.
Euroscan offers services for the maintenance, the
reconditioning, and the upgrade of electron spectrometers for X-ray
photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS), and HREELS.
Since 2000, the company has diversified its activity towards the
realization of optical systems, by developing a laser spectrometer
for the surface analysis. In the framework of these efforts, Euroscan
has patented an all solid state method for mode locking a flash-lamp
pumped Nd:YAG laser. Based on that patent, Euroscan manufactures
SPOPOs tunable from the UV (210 nm) to the mid-IR spectral range
up to 20 µm. Euroscan is the only manufacturer worldwide of
a pulsed ps SPOPO based on AGS which is closely related to the tasks
in the present activity. The further list of laser related products
contains: autocorrelators for the measurement of ps pulses, ns OPO
tunable from 210 nm to 20 µm, with a bandwidth of a few cm-1
to a 0.01 cm-1, optionally optimized either for maximum pulse energy,
maximum power or high resolution, as well as SFG spectrometers.
Euroscan is in particular specialized in the integration of OPOs
in spectrometers.
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