
VS7000+
Overview
HORIBA Scientific’s VS-7000+ is the latest evolution of our low-cost, high-performance family of CCD mini-spectrometers.
This fiber spectrometer provide spectral coverage for UV-VIS (200–860 nm), VIS (380–750 nm), and UV-NIR (200–1050 nm).
And, this miniature spectrometer offers high throughput (f/2.8 and tall CCD), a new high dynamic range CCD (7000:1), and ultra-low stray-light rejection thanks to the concave grating design..
The VS-7000+ is the ideal grating spectrometer for OEM industrial low-light applications such as fluorescence, emission, absorbance, and reflectance. It outperforms current mini-spectrometers based on front-illuminated Sony or Toshiba CCDs, or low-cost back-illuminated CCDs.
Features
Feature | Benefits for Spectroscopy |
Most popular UV-VIS range | Excellent peak symmetry in a miniature grating spectrometer |
High readout speed | 4.5 ms maximum readout speed |
Advanced electronics | Low noise, high linearity (raw), and linearity-correction (on-board) |
Back-illuminated linear CCD | QE = 63% at 250 nm; 70% at 650 nm; 55% at 850 nm |
High signal-to-noise ratio | Highest full well signal-to-noise ratio of any uncooled CCD mini-spectrometer |
USB 2.0 interface | Standard connection interfaces to PCs with 100% data integrity |
Order-sorting filter | Eliminates second-order interference |
Windows® acquisition software and LabVIEW™ VIs available | Flexible software to integrate VS-7000+ as an OEM component |
Sturdy single-optic design | Excellent light purity, with concave grating design |
No moving parts or shutter | Excellent reliability for OEM integration |
Manufactured by HORIBA
Specifications
Spectral coverage Option | UV-VIS: For other gratings, please contact us. |
Numerical aperture | F/2.8 |
Stray light rejection |
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CCD Detector & Typical Q.E. | Back-illuminated linear CCD with low etaloning in NIR – 65% Peak QE in the UV |
CCD Detector height & Fiber-optic option | 300 μm standard CCD height ( 1000 μm CCD height is available as an option) |
Thermoelectric stabilization | None.Dark current and CCD-pattern noise must be subtracted. User must switch off light source or install manual shutter in optical path. QE shifts slightly with temperature. |
Spectral resolution | UV-VIS: 75 μm slit - 2048 pixels - 2.7nm resolution – 0.33nm/pixel (configuration with 300 μm tall CCD) |
Improved CCD full well | >250Ke- (sensitivity mode) and >450Ke- (high FW mode) |
Readout speed | 8.6ms (500kHz mode); 116 spectra/s with 0 exposure time (Multi-Acq mode) |
Typical Dark current | 2.8 count/ms at 20 °C room temperature; Typical Offset= 1000 counts |
Typical readout noise | 35 e- (Max= 45e-) in sensitivity mode and 75e- (Max=90e-) in High FW mode |
A/D converter & speed | 16 bit, 500KHz |
Typical dynamic range | 7,000:1 in sensitivity mode to 6,000:1 in high FW mode |
Signal-to-noise ratio (typical) | 500:1 (sensitivity mode) to 700:1 (high FW mode). Shot- noise-limited conditions |
Gain selection | 4 e-/count and 8 e-/count |
Dimensions (H× W×D) | 2.9”× 4.1”× 4.3”(73.0mm × 103.2mm × 109.4mm) |
Weight | 1.8 lb (0.82 kg) |
* Specifications, Form Factor and Spectrometer Covers are subject to change without notice. | |
Brochures
VS7000+ Mini CCD Spectrometer Brochure
Windows or Linux Driver available for OEM integration
Resources

Acquisition software included (LabVIEW™ 2011 only)
- VIs and top level code are provided for customer customizations
- Access to data with raw CCD linearity and corrected linearity, done at factory for each CCD chip
- CCD settings & dark subtract
- On-board or software averaging
- Absorbance and transmission calculations
- Scale selection between pixel, wavelength and wave number
- On-board spectral calibration
- Linearity correction On/Off
- Boxcar averaging
- Save function to Excel® or text file
NOTE: No LabViewTM license required to run our acquisition software. LabViewTM license, Version 2011 required to edit our code. No code customization supported in price.



