Customer Sample Testing

Powerful, Customizable LIBS and LA-ICP-MS Products

Applied Spectra’s comprehensive and highly customizable product portfolio gives our customers a wide range of LA-based analytical solutions. Customers maximize their initial capital investment with respect to the required analytical performance.

Our products deliver elemental and isotopic detection capabilities from ppm down to ppb level across virtually all elements in the periodic table. The J200 Series LIBS and  LA-ICP-MS platforms are designed to allow the use of different laser parameters for sample analysis, thus extending the applicability of ASI’s instruments over a wide range of sample matrices.

Environmental analysis: detecting contaminants, hazardous substances, and studying the carbon cycle,

Alternative energy manufacturing: solar cells, next-generation batteries, chemical analysis and metrology

Forensic science: substance discrimination, counterfeit analysis and nuclear material characterization,

Analytical researchers: development of LIBS and LA-ICP-MS analytical protocols, and supporting the R&D community.

Consulting

Our scientific team delivers state-of-the-art technical consulting on laser ablation applications, including: elemental analysis, micromachining, fabrication of nano- and micrometer-sized particles with specific composition, tissue ablation, material fabrication and thin-film deposition.

Applied Spectra, Inc. (ASI) is the leading supplier of analytical instruments using laser ablation (LA) technology. We’ve assembled a world-class scientific team whose members are truly the experts in LA-based chemical analysis. Our customers don’t just buy an instrument, they buy the very best scientific and technical support team.

ASI’s products simplify elemental chemical analysis, while delivering rapid, high-precision results that are environmentally friendly. Our technology offers compelling advantages over traditional chemical analysis methods, which are slower and frequently involve destroying the sample while generating toxic chemical waste by-products.

Applied Spectra, Inc. was founded in 2004 by Dr. Richard E. Russo. As a pioneer in the study and development of laser ablation and LIBS at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for almost 30 years, Dr. Russo realized that laser ablation (LA-ICP-MS and LIBS) could provide tremendous value for customers engaged in chemical analysis.

We established an application laboratory and manufacturing facility in Fremont, California to provide state-of-art instruments for clean chemical analysis. Since its inception, the company has been awarded eight SBIR/STTR contracts from the United States Department of Defense, Department of Energy and NASA. In 2007, we introduced the most sensitive commercial laboratory LIBS instrument, the J200, and in 2008 the first integrated LA-ICP-MS instrument.

• Environmental analysis: detecting contaminants, hazardous substances, and studying the carbon cycle,
• Alternative energy manufacturing: solar cells, next-generation batteries, chemical analysis/metrology,
• Forensic science: substance discrimination, counterfeit analysis, nuclear material characterization,
• Analytical researchers: development of LIBS and LA-ICP-MS analytical protocols, supporting R&D community.

Applied Spectra’s vision is to be the premiere analytical instrumentation manufacturer based on laser ablation technology.

Our products:

• Improve the analytical measurement experience for the end user with highly automated analytical protocols,
• Make the analytical technology directly accessible to the end user, and
• Enable “green” analytical solutions for our customers.