Top content published this week include a panel discussion with five SpecAcademy instructors and a feature article on Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy.
News|Articles|April 1, 2022
UV-vis-SWIR Spectrometers
BaySpec’s SuperGamut spectrometers are designed for ultravioletvisible–
short-wave infrared spectroscopy (UV-vis–SWIR). According to the company, the spectrometers use a volume phase grating as the spectral dispersion element and a CCD array detector as the detection element, providing high-speed parallel processing and continuous spectral measurements.
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