Where do I get short wavelength UVA LEDs?

I'm having a terrible time finding sources for LEDs in the range of around 360-370nm. Everyone and their uncle is selling 395-405nm, but I have some and they're just purple. Materials seem to have very little more fluorescent reaction than with a blue LED. I want to detect things that I can't find with visible wavelengths. Also, anything that weakly fluoresces gets drowned out by the purple backscatter.

I know there were some group buys a while back, but I was too consumed with finding an EDC light that I didn't strike while that iron was hot.

I e-mailed The Fox Group, hoping the FoxUV is still in production. Does anyone here know of a component retailer who might stock something like the FoxUV (360nm) or Nichia's i-LED (365nm)?

Thanks,
Jon

You should be able to purchase them directly from the Fox Group.

Paul

PM sent.

I have 3 360 nm nichia leds - check ebay

I need to do something with them

I wonder where I put them

I'm ordering mine (I need 360nm - 375nm LEDs) quite reasonably from Roithner LaserTechnik in lovely Vienna, Austria. Roithner has them down to 350nm, and has some high output ones as well. Their pricelist and data sheets are available for download from their site.

Thanks for the help you guys, I got a reply from The Fox Group and he answered my questions and sent me the datasheets and waiver. They do sell direct to the public and the minimum seems to be 10 pieces. The prices are pretty similar to what they were offering on E-Bay. That suits me just perfectly.

Tythagoras said:

Thanks for the help you guys, I got a reply from The Fox Group and he answered my questions and sent me the datasheets and waiver. They do sell direct to the public and the minimum seems to be 10 pieces. The prices are pretty similar to what they were offering on E-Bay. That suits me just perfectly.

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We have a few ones left over you can have (free) if you want. I would recommend the Nichia's if you need more power, peak at 365nm.

Piers