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March 15, 2016 at 12:06 pm
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Keymaster
Hi Anton,
SCiO measures the ambient light and subtracts it from the signal. It does not a lock-in amplifier.
A for different angles, SCiO can be held at different angles towards the sample (see image below), but the best practice is to hold SCiO straight, facing the sample.
Ayelet,
The Consumer Physics Team