Andor Technology announced the successful outcome of a collaboration on a new portable spectroscopic instrument that allows up to three times greater collection efficiency than standard Czerny-Turner spectrographs. The new instrument is dedicated to 1064 nm Raman Spectroscopy. Based around the Companys Idus Ingaas detector array camera and Bayspecs high throughput Volume Phase Holographic Gratings (VPHG) spectrograph, the instrument offers price/performance benefits whilst also boasting thermo-electric detector cooling down to 85ºC, USB2.0 plug and play connectivity, F/1.8 aperture and spectral resolution of 8 cm1 alongside with 3,000 cm1 spectral coverage.