Spectrometer

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Contents 1 Description 2 Vendors 2.1 Horiba Jobin Yvon 2.2 Ocean Optics 2.3 Agilent Technologies 3 References

Description

A spectrometer is an instrument used to spectrally disperse an optical field. Closely related is a monochromator, which transmits a single wavelength (or more accurately, a small range of wavelengths within some bandpass) at a time.

For more information on spectrometers, monochromators, diffraction gratings, etc., see the Horiba Jobin Yovon tutoral:

http://www.jobinyvon.com/usadivisions/OOS/index.htm

Vendors

Horiba Jobin Yvon

Ocean Optics

Agilent Technologies

References

• Eugene Hecht, Optics