# Home > CRAIC Technologies™ designs, builds and supports microspectrometers that collect spectra and images of microscopic samples in UV-visible-NIR. Source: https://www.microspectra.com/ What makes it a microspectrophotometer ## A microscope shows you the pixel. Ours tells you its spectrum. **CRAIC Technologies™** designs, builds and supports microspectrometers that collect spectra and images of microscopic samples from the deep UV to the NIR. - ![The measuring aperture placed on a single powered OLED sub-pixel](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/NouVoyance-SamsungOLEDcellph-700x525.jpg) ***The aperture** — one OLED sub-pixel, measured* - ![Emission spectra of red, green and blue OLED sub-pixels](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/OLED-RGB-Emission-Spectra-400x231-1.gif) ***The spectrum** — emission from three colour sub-pixels* What goes under the objective ## From OLED sub-pixels to protein crystals. Every one is a real sample, measured on a CRAIC instrument. - ![Section of mouse tongue imaged in transmitted ultraviolet light at 280 nm](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Mouse-tongue-at-280-nm-after-exposure-to-hard-radiation.jpg) *Mouse tongue, 280 nm UV transmission imaging* - ![A single textile fibre in transmitted light, with the measuring aperture](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/fiber1-700x525.jpg) *Single textile fibre Forensic science* - ![Structural colour in a feather barbule, incident light at 40x](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Feather-with-40x-at-5-MP-incident-700x525.jpg) *Feather barbule Biology and chemistry* - ![Vitrinite macerals in a polished coal section](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Coal1-700x525.jpg) *Vitrinite macerals Petrography* - ![Fluorescing microspheres with the measuring aperture on one sphere](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Fluorescing-spheres-with-QDI-302-aperture.jpg) *Fluorescing microspheres Fluorescence imaging* - ![Protein crystals in visible light, with the measuring aperture on one of them](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/protein-crystals.jpg) *Protein crystals Life science* - ![The metal interconnect layers of an integrated circuit at high magnification](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/chip-level-700x525.jpg) *Integrated circuit Semiconductor metrology* - ![Cross-section through an automotive paint chip, showing its layers](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Automative-Paint-Chip-Cross-Section-700x525.jpg) *Automotive paint cross-section Industrial coatings* Who makes them ## Making the finest tools for the finest minds. CRAIC Technologies designs, manufactures and supports every instrument it sells. - 25 Years in the micro-analysis field - 500 Clients worldwide - ISO 9001 Certified quality management The instruments ## Pick the instrument that fits your sample. A microspectrophotometer measures the UV-visible-NIR spectra of microscopic samples by transmittance, reflectance, polarization, fluorescence and other types of luminescence. With specialized software, the same instrument measures thin film thickness, colorimetry and more. - ![CRAIC 2030PV PRO microspectrophotometer](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/2030PV-PRO.webp) *[2030PV PRO™](https://www.microspectra.com/products/2030-microspectrophotometer/) UV-visible-NIR microspectrophotometer* - ![CRAIC 2030XL PRO microspectrophotometer on its large-sample stage](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2030XL-PRO-level-card.webp) *[2030XL PRO™](https://www.microspectra.com/products/2030xl/) Microspot measurements on very large samples* - ![The CRAIC 508PV spectrophotometer head on a research microscope](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/508PV-axio.webp) *[508PV™](https://www.microspectra.com/products/508-pv-microscope-microspectrophotometer/) A spectrometer for the microscope you already own* - ![CRAIC FLEX PRO microspectrophotometer](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/FLEX-PRO-red.webp) *[FLEX PRO™](https://www.microspectra.com/products/flex/) UV-visible microspectrophotometer* - ![CRAIC Apollo M confocal Raman microspectrometer](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Apollo-M-octagon.webp) *[Apollo M™](https://www.microspectra.com/products/apollo-m-confocal-raman-microspectrometer/) Confocal Raman microspectrometer* - ![CRAIC UVM-1 UV-visible-NIR microscope](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/UVM-1-white.webp) *[UVM-1™](https://www.microspectra.com/products/uvm-1-vis-nir-microscope/) UV-visible-NIR microscope* - ![CRAIC GeoImage vitrinite reflectance system](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GeoImage.webp) *[GeoImage™](https://www.microspectra.com/products/geoimage/) Vitrinite reflectance and petrography* - ![CRAIC rIQ glass refractive index system](https://www.microspectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/rIQ.webp) *[rIQ™](https://www.microspectra.com/products/riq/) Glass refractive index* [Every instrument, accessory and standard](https://www.microspectra.com/products/) Dedicated systems ## Petrography, glass and thin films Three systems, each built for one measurement: vitrinite reflectance in coal, coke and petroleum source rock; the refractive index of glass fragments; and thin film thickness, including mapping. - [GeoImage™ Vitrinite reflectance, point counting and fluorescence of coal, coke and petroleum source rock.](https://www.microspectra.com/products/geoimage/) - [rIQ™ Forensic analysis of the refractive index of glass and glass-like material fragments.](https://www.microspectra.com/products/riq/) - [FilmPro™ Microspot thin film thickness measurement, including film thickness mapping.](https://www.microspectra.com/products/craic-software/microspot-film-thickness/) - What the instrument measures ## Techniques A microspectrofluorometer measures the fluorescence, photoluminescence and emission spectra of microscopic samples, with excitation in the UV, visible and NIR regions. A Raman microspectrometer measures their Raman spectra. A UV-visible-NIR microscope images what a visible-range microscope cannot: protein crystals for drug discovery, contamination control for semiconductors, the interior circuits of bonded silicon devices. - [What is a microspectrophotometer?](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/what-is-a-microspectrophotometer/) Absorbance, reflectance and transmittance - [What is a Raman microspectrometer?](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/raman-microspectrometer/) Molecular identification - [Microspectrophotometer design](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/microspectrophotometer-design/) How the instrument is built - [The science of microspectroscopy](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/) Emission, excitation and the spectrum - Instrument control and analysis ## Software CRAIC software runs the instrument and the analysis: spectroscopy, vitrinite reflectance, hyperspectral mapping, kinetics, colorimetry, thin film thickness, and a Raman spectral database. - [CRAIC software](https://www.microspectra.com/products/craic-software/) - By industry and by sample ## Applications Applications are numerous: research in materials science, chemistry and physics, forensic science, semiconductor metrology, quality control of optics and flat panel displays, vitrinite coal testing, protein crystals, vision research and more. - [Instrument applications](https://www.microspectra.com/solutions/applications/) - [Solutions papers](https://www.microspectra.com/solutions/craic-solutions/) - [The science, the applications and the instrument design](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/) - After the sale ## Service and support CRAIC Technologies provides service and support for its instruments worldwide. CRAIC service engineers and scientists offer instrument repair, maintenance, training and technical support for all aspects of CRAIC Technologies products. - [Service contracts](https://www.microspectra.com/support/service-contracts/) - [Standards recertification](https://www.microspectra.com/support/nist-recertification/) - [Training classes](https://www.microspectra.com/support/training/) - [Technical support](https://www.microspectra.com/support/technical-support/) The science library ## Twenty-two explainers, written by the people who build the instruments. Written by the engineers and scientists who build the instruments, for anyone who needs to understand the measurement before choosing one. What is…? · six of eleven - [Display Colorimetry](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/display-colorimetry/) - [Film Thickness](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/film-thickness/) - [Vitrinite Reflectance](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/how-to-analyze-coal/) - [Intrinsic Protein Fluorescence](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/intrinsic-protein-fluorescence/) - [Microcolorimetry](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/microcolorimetry/) - [Ultraviolet Absorption of Proteins](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/protein-absorption/) The science · six of eleven - [Algorithms Used For Microspectroscopy](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/algorithms-used-for-microspectroscopy/) - [Micro Raman Spectroscopy Applications](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/micro-raman-spectroscopy-applications/) - [Micro Raman Spectrometer Design](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/microraman-spectrometer-design/) - [Microspectrophotometer Design](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/microspectrophotometer-design/) - [Microspectrophotometer Operation](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/microspectrophotometer-operation/) - [NIR Microscope Applications](https://www.microspectra.com/support/the-science/nir-microscope-applications/) [See all twenty-two explainers](https://www.microspectra.com/support/learn/)