CRAIC Technologies has introduced the 508 PV™ UV-visible-NIR spectrophotometer that is designed to be added to an open photoport of a microscope or probe station to non-destructively analyse the spectra of many types of microscopic samples. The 508 PV™ can acquire spectra of microscopic sample areas by absorbance, reflectance, polarisation, luminescence and fluorescence, in addition to high-resolution colour images, when attached to properly configured microscopes. The 508 PV™ spectrophotometer integrates CRAIC Technologies Lightblades™ spectrophotometer with optical interface hardware and easy-to-use Lambdafire™ software. Lightblades™ are spectrophotometers specifically designed for microscale analysis.