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Discover our New Spectrometer – the Pacto

Posted on: February 13th, 2023

Meet the Pacto, the next-generation photonics backbone spectrometer designed to empower a wide range of applications in various industries. The Pacto is manufactured with Avantes’ newest automation techniques we like to call “Avamation” to ensure superior inter-instrument reproducibility. The Pacto is a compact, lightweight, powerful spectrometer that sets a new standard in high-quality spectroscopy. With…

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Select Technical Drawings Available on Our Website

Posted on: June 28th, 2022

Now Available! We have been working to include technical drawings for our products and now have some available for customer download. More technical drawings will follow but for now, please see the example below as to where you can find the downloadable file on our headquarters’ main website.  

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ATR Attenuated Total Reflectance Probe

Posted on: September 16th, 2021

  Avantes ATR Probe for measurements of viscous fluids. Attenuated Total Reflectance is a measurement technique used for incredibly optically dense media such as inks, dyes, coal, and sludge. ATR uses the property of total internal reflection through a crystal resulting in an evanescent wave. A beam of visible or near-infrared light is passed through…

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AvaSpec-SolarXM – Now IEC 60904-9 compatible!

Posted on: July 15th, 2021

Continuing its tradition of high-quality instrument manufacturing, Avantes has been working with our solar customers to identify optical configurations for this industry. We partnered with Sinton instruments, a leading company in the work of solar metrology technologies, to offer software solutions for performing the International standard IEC60904 Solar Simulator Classification.

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Test Drive Avantes Exclusive Demo Program

Posted on: January 30th, 2021

Test Drive an Avantes instrument before you buy with Avantes’ extensive demo program. Reserve Instruments and peripherals, such as the LIBS test kit. Reserve an instrument now. For spectroscopists able to travel to our headquarters in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, make an appointment to visit our experience center, a hands on assisted spectroscopy lab on site.

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Introducing our new High-Power Light Sources for Fluorescence Applications!

Posted on: November 21st, 2020

Now Available! Our new Avalight-HPLED-285 is here! With a limited wavelength range, this new light source is ideal for fluorescence measurements. Due to the absence of emitted light in the fluorescence range, the fluorescence effect can easily be detected. High powered and compact, this new light source version was made for more demanding applications. Benefits…

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New Preconfigured Spectrometers in the Shop

Posted on: November 21st, 2020

Find select preconfigured models of the popular AvaSpec-Mini and AvaSpec-ULS instruments, now available for direct purchase in the Avantes Online Shop. Skip the PO process and cut your lead time, order one or more of these common configuration instruments for fast delivery now.

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Portable LIBS Test Kit

Posted on: October 20th, 2020

Looking to test drive the integrated Portable LIBS Test Kit? Speak with an Avantes sales engineer today to reserve the test kit through the exclusive Avantes test drive program. This is ideal for feasibility testing or proof of concept demonstrations in your product development process. AvaSpec-Mini-4096CL 4096 pixel CMOS array miniature spectrometer The AvaSpec-Mini4096CL is…

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Python Project Development for Spectroscopy (part 2)- Technote

Posted on: May 27th, 2020

This post is part of a series on “Creating a Python Spectroscopy Project” Developing a customized Python project application to integrate with Avantes Spectrometers is easier than you might expect. Join Justin Spott, regional sales engineer, with a new series of “tech notes” that explores this topic in greater detail. Part 1: Installing the AvaSpec…

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UV Radiometers- Ultraviolet Measurement Systems

Posted on: May 12th, 2020

UV Radiometers provide the quantitative measurement of light sources emitting electromagnetic radiation in the wavelengths from 100-400 nm.  The ultraviolet wavelength range can be subdivided into three distinct spectral bands, A, B and C.  The ultraviolet A covers the range from 315-400 nm, the ultraviolet B range from 280-315 nm and the Ultraviolet C from…

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