Request InfoMcPHERSONThe Model 207 VUV and IR Monochromator from McPherson Inc. is a spectrometer designed for high brightness over a broad spectral range. With the use of custom, gold-coated optics or magnesium fluoride coatings optimized for the UV, it excels at measurements from the deep UV, through visible wavelengths, and into the long-wave IR. The Model 207V even allows use into the vacuum UV (VUV) and vacuum IR wavelengths. 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