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    • Cicely Rathmell

    Vice President of Marketing, Wasatch Photonics

    Cicely Rathmell, MSc, is vice president of marketing at Wasatch Photonics, and based in Dunedin, FL. 

    (Courtesy of Wasatch Photonics)
    FIGURE 1. Low f/# transmission spectrometers offer greater sensitivity for Raman spectroscopy than traditional f/4 crossed Czerny-Turner spectrometers.
    Test & Measurement

    Choosing a portable Raman spectrometer

    Cicely Rathmell
    April 10, 2023
    Sensitivity, reproducibility, configurability, ease of use, and data access are all key to enabling the next generation of Raman spectroscopy applications in the field, the clinic...
    (Image credit: Wasatch Photonics)
    Pre- vs. post-correction values are shown.
    Test & Measurement

    Getting a good fingerprint via Raman spectra

    Cicely Rathmell
    Dec. 12, 2022
    As applications for Raman spectroscopy expand into nontraditional areas such as medical diagnostics and food quality, the types of answers that can be obtained depends heavily...
    (Courtesy of AccuCoat)
    FIGURE 1. Polymer optics come in a wide variety of configurations and materials; many applications of polymer optics call for the use of optical coatings.
    Optics

    Optical Materials: Overcoming the challenges of coating plastic optics

    Paul Meier-Wang
    Feb. 22, 2017
    High-performance coatings for polymer optics can be created by using proper design and fabrication approaches.