Photoionization Detector Lamps (PID lamps)

Photoionization detector lamps are used in gas chromatography applications, for trace gas monitoring and ionization of samples for mass spectrometry and in portable instruments for gas analysis.

Typical photoionization detectors measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and other gases in concentrations of ppm to ppb.

Customers profit from our development know-how. Our experts cooperate closely with the OEMs to develop products that are precisely tuned to the specific instrument dimensions and performance requirements.

Heraeus supplies all kinds of PID lamps:

• Various gas fillings
  (e.g. xenon, krypton, hydrogen, argon)
• Various window materials with different cut-off wavelengths
• Lamps with DC or RF (electromagnetic field) excitation
• Ionization energies from 8.4 eV to 11.8 eV