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News and Updates for 2026
Spectrometer Application Note: How do Different Light Sources Affect Crops?
For millennia, farmers have been at the mercy of the sun, depending on it to grow quality crops. Then came metal halide lamps and greenhouses to create artificial sun and summer. Now, with technologies such as LEDs, crops can be grown with tailored spectral...
Spectroscopy Lab Experiments – Quantification of Food Dyes in Sports Drinks
Absorbance Spectroscopy and Sports Drinks How much food dye is present in sports drinks? This is the question you will answer in this laboratory experiment. You will use visible spectroscopy to determine the concentration of a food dye in a beverage of your choice....
Technical Note – Vibrational Spectroscopy: Infrared vs. Raman
Vibrational spectroscopies are integral in analyzing some of the most fundamentally important processes in physical chemistry: molecular vibrations. While there are many different experimental techniques used to analyze those vibrations, most are variations of the...
Photonics West 2017 Video Updates
StellarNet Makes a Splash! StellarNet recently unveiled its latest innovations at the industry's leading photonics conference, Photonics West, where there were more than 1,200 companies and 20,000+ attendees. It was great to see so many familiar faces and happy...
Who exactly is the SpectraWizard?
For many years, people have seen a giant wizard with a lambda necklace walking around conferences such as ACS, Photonics West, and Pittcon and often wonder if they are seeing Gandalf's little brother... in fact, they are seeing the StellarNet "SpectraWizard". And if...
A Holiday Gift from StellarNet
Now through the end of the year, StellarNet is offering a holiday gift with all spectrometer system purchases over $5,000. All customers will receive a free windows tablet compatible with...
Battery Pack Upgrades for Compact Field Spectrometers
Significant improvements for StellarNet’s line of battery packs specifically designed for field spectroscopy applications have been made. These improvements include quadruple power output for +12VDC and +5VDC operation, smaller footprint, and external powering and...
Windows 64-bit Device Driver Wrapper Now Available for Developers & OEM Customers
StellarNet is now offering a Windows 64-bit only Device Driver Wrapper written in C++ for StellarNet spectrometers. The standard swdll.dll is considered a mix-mode driver and will install without problems on both 32-bit and 64-bit computer operating systems....
Application Note – Low Cost & Portable Raman Spectrometer Analysis of Pharmaceuticals
Raman spectroscopy is a valuable tool for quickly inspecting solid, liquid, and powder pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical precursors. The versatility and affordability of modern Raman spectrometers makes them a vital component in most labs and pharmaceutical...
Application Note- Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Rocks and Minerals
What is Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Why is it Important? Light interacts with matter in a few basic ways: reflectance, transmission, and absorption. In some cases when light is absorbed it will be re-emitted as light at a longer wavelength. The most obvious example...