The M300 is a high quality general purpose grating monochromator designed for use the UV, visible and infra-red regions.

The instrument is easily purged for use down to 175nm while a range of easily interchangeable gratings allows operation to 30mm.

A built-in stepping motor and sine drive allow wavelength scanning to be completely controlled from a remote stepping motor drive unit PMC3B. The PMC3B can be controlled from any PC or computer via its IEEE-488 bus interface.

Alternative entrance and exit configurations ensure maximum flexibility of position in integrating spectroscopic systems. The unit is manufactured using a single main casting with rebated lid for optimum light-tightness and stability.

The use of an 1800g/mm grating in the visible region results in a higher resolution and light gathering power than is normally associated with an instrument of this size, while novel and effective internal baffling leads to a particularly low level of scattered light, which is further reduced in the visible region by the use of a holographic grating. The position of the collimating mirrors reduces rediffracted light.

A range of accessories including programmable order sorting filter wheels, detection systems, light sources, integrating spheres, telescopes, reflection/ transmission measurement stations, fibre optic probes and specialised software is available.