Scientists have created the world's smallest spectrometer

Scientists have developed a more advanced tool for measuring light. The discovery will come in handy in

a field of science known as optical spectrometry. This will improve the performance of various devices - from smartphone cameras to environmental monitoring devices.

As part of the study, scientists created a powerfulan ultra-small spectrometer that fits on a microchip and is controlled using artificial intelligence. To do this, engineers used a new class of ultra-thin materials - two-dimensional semiconductors. The resulting spectrometer will be used for product quality control, the development of safety sensors, biomedical devices, various analyzers and space telescopes. Its special feature is its tiny size.

According to scientists, traditional spectrometersrequire bulky optical and mechanical components, but the new one fits on the tip of a human finger. Now these components have been replaced by new semiconductor materials and artificial intelligence. The solution significantly reduced the size of spectrometers. Before this, the smallest device of this type was the size of a grape.

The new spectrometer does not require assemblyindividual optical and mechanical components or matrix design for scattering and filtering light. Moreover, its resolution is similar to desktop systems, but at a much smaller size.

Spectrometers measure the intensity of light at differentwavelengths and are very useful in many industries and all fields of science for identifying samples and characterizing materials.

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