Mini Spectrometers VUV-XUV Spectrometers X-Ray Spectrometers CCD Cameras
We offer both low cost mini spectrometers covering 200-2100 nm and higher end spectrometers and monochromators that span the X-Ray, EUV, VUV, and UV.
Cost-effective yet precise — Pembroke Instruments delivers spectrometers and imaging-spectroscopy systems that combine strong performance (high resolution, sensitivity, reliability) with budget-friendly pricing.
Accessible R&D and industrial applications — By lowering entry cost, these products make advanced spectroscopy feasible for small labs, startups, or applied-R&D teams — not just large institutions.
Ultra-high performance for advanced science — Pembroke’s VUV (vacuum ultraviolet) and X-ray spectrometers offer wavelength coverage, detection sensitivity, resolution, and signal-to-noise performance that surpass standard systems — essential for demanding applications like thin-film analysis, semiconductor wafer inspection, material failure analysis, surface chemistry, and advanced research.
Capability for cutting-edge applications — These top-tier instruments enable measurements and analyses not possible with visible/NIR systems — e.g. deep-UV reflectance/absorbance, core-level X-ray fluorescence, elemental and chemical state analysis, and high-energy spectral mapping.
High sensitivity and good stray-light suppression, even at low cost — For example, the smaller models under Avenir’s offering (and sibling series like Avantes Mini-NIR / CompactLine) show that compact spectrometers are capable of respectable signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) and modest stray light.
Wide wavelength coverage (especially in NIR) — Their NIR spectrometer models (e.g. SIENA NIR Spectrometer from Avenir) offer wavelengths up to 2100 nm, enabling NIR analysis that previously required much larger and more expensive instruments.
Compact size, ruggedness, and suitability for field or embedded use — Avenir advertises their mini / compact spectrometers as “laboratory-grade instruments that fit size, price and reliability requirements for portable and industrial applications.”
Flexibility / customization for application-specific requirements — Their compact spectrometers (e.g. ARIS Compact Spectrometer) allow custom wavelength ranges (via different gratings), user-replaceable entrance slits (to trade off sensitivity vs. resolution), and custom sensor/optics configurations.
On-board processing / integration readiness — For many of their compact minis, Avenir offers on-board microcontroller-based auto-exposure, averaging, buffering and spectrum processing — meaning easier integration into portable or OEM systems without needing a full external spectrometer bench.
In short: Avenir’s mini/compact spectrometers deliver many of the performance advantages you expect from “bench-level” instruments (sensitivity, dynamic range, wavelength coverage), but within a much smaller, lower-power, and OEM- / field-ready form factor — which makes them attractive for embedded, industrial, or portable spectroscopy applications.
Very broad spectral coverage (deep into VUV/XUV) — H+P instruments support vacuum-ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet ranges, e.g. VUV from ~ 80–300 nm (or down to ~40 nm depending on model), and XUV down to a few nm up to the soft-XUV/EUV range.
High light collection efficiency (slit-free / flat-field designs) — Some H+P models use a “no-slit” or slit-free design, directly imaging the light source onto the detector. That lets them collect much more flux (often 10×–20× more) than a traditional slit-based spectrometer — a big advantage when working with weak VUV/XUV sources (e.g. high-harmonic generation, plasmas, synchrotron, etc.).
Aberration-corrected gratings + stray-light suppression → clean, sharp spectra — The spectrographs use optimized (often grazing-incidence flat-field) gratings that reduce aberrations and minimize stray light, important for resolving narrow spectral features in VUV/XUV without noise or distortion.
Modular / customizable & vacuum-ready design — H+P offers customization of geometry, gratings, detector types (CCD, MCP, fiber-taper, etc.), chamber integration (in-vacuum, direct coupling to beamlines), and vacuum-compatible optics — crucial because VUV/XUV absorption by air is extreme, so vacuum systems are mandatory.
Flexible detection modes & high sensitivity / dynamic range — Because you can choose between different detector types (e.g. cooled CCD, MCP + gated readout, etc.), you get flexibility to optimize for either sensitivity (low-photon flux), dynamic range, or time-resolved/ gated detection — depending on whether you’re doing steady-state spectroscopy, ultrafast pulses, or weak-source detection