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Spectrophotometry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Spectroradiometers, which operate almost like the visible region spectrophotometers, are designed to measure the spectral power distributions of illuminants in order to evaluate and categorize lighting for sales by the manufacturer, or for the customers to confirm the lamp they decided to purchase is within their specifications. |
 | | The most common spectrophotometers are used in the UV and visible regions of the spectrum, and some of these instruments also operate into the near-infrared region as well. |
 | | Historically, spectrophotometers use a monochromator to analyze the spectrum, but there are also spectrophotometers that use arrays of photosensors and, especially in the IR, there are spectrophotometers that use a Fourier transform technique to acquire the spectral information in a technique called Fourier Transform InfraRed. |
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