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Description
FR-Monitor is a software tool developed by ThetaMetrisis and provided with every FR-tool (i.e. FR-Basic, FR-Liquid, FR-Thermal and FR-μProbe) and in all configurations. FR-Monitor is developed with Visual C++, and it is suitable for Windows operating systems (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7).
FR-Monitor is designed as a general software platform to fully control all FR-tools subsystems: spectrometers, light sources, supporting electronics modules such as temperature controller, humidity sensors etc
.FR-Monitor supports various Modes of operation such as, Scope (raw measurement spectrum), Scope-Dark (raw measurement minus dark spectrum), Absorbance Mode, Transmittance Mode, Reflectance Mode. In all modes the following operations are supported a) spectra recording, b) specific wavelength(s) monitoring, c) integration of a specific part of the spectrum.
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Fig.1. General View of FR-Monitor Software |
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The software includes the White Light Reflectance Spectroscopy (WLRS) state-of-the-art algorithm (ThetaMetrisisTM) for the accurate and real time characterization (both thickness and optical constants) of transparent or semi-absorbing films (single layer or multylayer films) and the recording of films' variations under dynamically change conditions, e.g. dissolution, temperature treatment, ambient changes etc. are implemented. A extended database of material's optical properties (refractive index n & absorbance coefficient k) are supplied with the software, while the user can easily extend the database with custom material's properties. |
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| Fig. 2a. Material Database, refractive index n |
Fig. 2b. Material Database, absrorbance coefficient k |
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Furthermore FR-Monitor supports varius Modes of operations such as, Scope (raw measurement spectrum), Sope-Dark (raw mesurement minus dark spectrum), Ansorbance Mode, Transmittance Mode, Reflectance Mode, while in all Modes are supported a) spectra recording, b) specific wavelenghts monitoring, c) integration of a specific region of the spectrum. Especially in the Scope, Scope-Dark and in Reflectance modes the WLRS algorythms, for the film layer or films layers stack are supported. |
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Fig.3. Fig.3. FR-Monitor ver.1.3 Pull down menus and Buttons bar. Description of the buttons bar (from left to right): Material Database, Configuration // Real Time View, Fit (Mode) View, Result View (real time processing) // Off Line and Real Time button pallete, Pause/Stop, back to First Spectrum, back one Spectrum, forward one spectrum, forward to last spectrum, record spectra // Zoom+, Zoom-, Pan left, Pan right // Capture reference spectrum, Capture dark spectrum // Scope Mode, Scope - Dark Mode, Absorbance Mode, Transmittance Mode, Reflectance Mode, 0-100% or 0-1 scale (for Transmittance & Reflectance modes) // Open/Close lamp shutter. |
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n Result View (fig.4b) varius mesurements parameters (fig.4a) can be calculated/monitoring at real time, while the acquared spectra can be saved in desirable rate. |
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Fig.4a. Varius Calculated/Measurement parameters can be added in Result View. |
Fig. 4b. Result View screen for the real time calcalation of the thickness variations of the SiO2 film vs time. The vertical scale is in nanometer (nm). |
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In all Modes of operations the acquired/calculated parameters can be performed and recorded in Real Time, to monitoring dynamically change experiments, e.g. dissolution, temperature treatment, ambient changes conditions, bio-reactions etc. Except the Real Time processing, in which various parameters can be Calculated/Measured in real time, a Record feature is supported to record a full experiment (with the addition of the record log). The analysis of the recorded experiment can be made later. In the Off Line processing all FR-Monitor functions (including the Result View Mode described above) are available.
Finally FR-Monitor support any speciall Hardware module can be implements in a FR-Basic tool, such as temperature controll and measurement (eg. in FR-Thermal), humidity, gas inlet etc.
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Periodic upgrades of FR-Monitor are scheduled withinQ2 and Q4 of each calendar year. New FR-Monitor versions will be available at ThetaMetrisis web-site for downloading after customer authorization.
A 3-years free-software upgrade period is included with the purchase of any FR-tool.
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For more information, please, refer to the FR-Monitor manual in Download section. |
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