Explained: How Broadband Light Sources Used For Advanced Spectroscopy?

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In the past, discharging lamps, color lasers and optical parametric oscillators were the only useful sources for spectroscopy. However, with the introduction of new technologies, spectroscopy has advanced to a new level. Supercontinuum lasers, light-emitting diodes, and laser-driven plasma technologies are new models of broadband light sources.

Because spectroscopy systems rely on light sources, new broadband light sources open up new opportunities for spectroscopists. #Broadbandlightsources were only available for much of the last century. Let’s take a quick look at three types of broadband light sources to see how they’ve advanced spectroscopy.