Application | Optical Stimulus
Optical Excitation
Bring a localized optical stimulus into the microscope while the experiment defines what gets measured.
Tabletop SEM · SEM/FIB · S/TEM · Custom Vacuum
An onboard pulser is standard on this system, enabling pulse widths as short as 50 ns with compatible CW lasers.
Vesta Provides
Optical access and stimulus
Microscope Provides
Electron imaging or spectroscopy
Experiment Adds
Detection, timing, or environment
Requirements
Configuration dependent
Why It Matters
Stimulus Is Not The Measurement.
Vesta delivers light to the region being examined. Electron images, spectra, and installed detectors can then reveal the response to that optical stimulus. The excitation source, timing, and detection method are selected for the experiment.
What This Enables
Application Capabilities.
SEM/FIB, tabletop SEM, S/TEM, or custom routes reviewed separately
Point-of-analysis alignment discussions
Support for light-driven material response studies
Custom detector, synchronization, and environment needs scoped during review
Careful scoping for coherent or ultrafast experiments
Platform Fit
Microscope Options
Final fit depends on microscope geometry, optical access, sample environment, safety requirements, and the measurement goal.
Tabletop SEM
Reviewed per system
SEM/FIB
Reviewed per chamber
S/TEM
Reviewed per geometry
Custom Vacuum
Reviewed per chamber
Published Examples
See What Our Customers Are Doing
Photon-stimulated electron energy gain/loss spectroscopy
Related Systems
Related Waviks Systems
Discuss Your Experiment
Tell Us What You Need.
Share your instrument, sample, and measurement goal so we can recommend a suitable system.
- Laser source, wavelength, power, pulse behavior, and spot requirements
- What measurement the experiment actually needs
- Detector, timing, environment, and safety requirements
- Whether a catalog Vesta path or custom system is appropriate
Planning an Optical Excitation Experiment?
Tell Waviks what light must reach, what signal you need back, and what hardware already exists. We can help scope the optical access path.