Spectroscopy Applications
Explore how researchers, manufacturers, and quality-control laboratories use StellarNet spectrometers to solve real-world measurement challenges. Our compact UV-Vis, VIS-NIR, NIR, and Raman spectroscopy systems support applications across food safety, pharmaceuticals, advanced materials, thin films, biomedical research, environmental monitoring, industrial process analysis, radiometry, and space science.
Browse the application areas below to discover customer research, technical articles, spectroscopy methods, and practical solutions for absorbance, transmission, reflectance, fluorescence, Raman, radiometric, and chemometric analysis.
Key Application Areas
Food Safety & Quality
Advanced & quantum materials
Thin Films & Optical Coatings
Pharmaceuticals & Nutraceuticals
Biomedical & Life Sciences
Environmental & Microplastics
Industrial & Process Analysis
Lighting, Displays & Radiometry
Featured Spectroscopy Application –
Astronomy, Space & Remote Sensing
Astronomy spectroscopy gives researchers a way to study light from objects and environments far beyond the laboratory. StellarNet systems support astronomical spectroscopy for research into stars, planets, meteors, and atmospheric phenomena. Spectral measurements can reveal information that cannot be seen through imaging alone. Compact instruments also open new possibilities for space spectroscopy and CubeSat missions where size and flexibility matter. From meteor and aurora research to remote sensing and educational astronomy, StellarNet provides accessible spectroscopy tools for exploring our planet and the universe beyond it.
Astronomy, Space & Remote Sensing
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High-power 2.04 μm laser in an ultra-compact Ho-doped lead germanate fiber
PW Kuan, X Fan, X Li, D Li, K Li, L Zhang, C Yu, L Hu - Optics Letters, 2016 A highly Ho-doped single-mode lead germanate glass fiber is developed for compact ∼2 μm lasers. Over 600 mW of laser...
Influence of doping behavior of Al on nanostructure, morphology and optoelectronic properties of Al Doped ZnO thin film grown on FTO substrate
M Shirazi, RS Dariani, MR Toroghinejad - Journal of Materials Science Al doped ZnO nanostructures deposited on FTO glass substrate by spray pyrolysis method with different Al doping levels...
High dynamic range emission measurements of shocked energetic materials: Octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine (HMX)
WP Bassett, DD Dlott - Journal of Applied Physics, 2016 A new emission apparatus with high time resolution and high dynamic range was used to study shock-induced ignition of...
Evolutionary divergence of phytochrome protein function in Zea mays PIF3 signaling
I Kumar, K Swaminathan, K Hudson, ME Hudson - Journal of experimental botany, 2016 Two maize phytochrome-interacting factor (PIF) basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family members, ZmPIF3.1 and ZmPIF3.2,...
Variation of outdoor illumination as a function of solar elevation and light pollution
M Spitschan, GK Aguirre, DH Brainard, AM Sweeney - Scientific Reports, 2016 The illumination of the environment undergoes both intensity and spectral changes during the 24 h cycle of a day. Daylight...
Classification of red wine based on its protected designation of origin (PDO) using Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)
S Moncayo, JD Rosales, R Izquierdo-Hornillos… - Talanta, 2016 This work reports on a simple and fast classification procedure for the quality control of red wines with protected designation of...