Request InfoCRAIC TechnologiesCRAIC Technologies’ 508 PV™ UV-visible-NIR spectrophotometer is designed to be added to an open photoport of a microscope or probe station so that you can nondestructively analyze the spectra of a variety of microscopic samples. The device integrates CRAIC’s Lightblades™ spectrophotometer designed for microscale analysis with a sophisticated optical interface hardware and Lambdafire™ software. It is able to acquire spectral information by absorbance, reflectance, polarization, luminescence, and fluorescence. When attached to properly configured microscopes, it is...See full productRelated content from Photonics MediaPRODUCTSBioPhotonics Sep/Oct 2022 IssueMicrospectrophotometerThe FLEX PRO™ UV-VIS-NIR microspectrophotometer from CRAIC Technologies is a multifunctional tool able to acquire microscale images and spectra from the deep UV to the NIR. 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