Solo Spectroscopy is a next generation resonator-based diode-integrated spectrometer chip. It is the only spectrometer where both dispersion and detection functions are co-located within a single structure - a high-Q microring resonator. This offers the potential for excellent spectral resolution.

As a monolithic chip Solo spectroscopy has many benefits which enable cheap spectroscopy to take place in previously unreachable places:

• Finger-tip sized/low mass
• No electrical or mechanical moving parts
• Maintenance free or with built-in redundancy
• Resistant to extreme temperatures
• Low power requirement
• Low cost, standard chip manufacturing process

ZiNIR cited as one of a dozen ‘up-and-coming’ photonics companies in 'Under the radar' at Photonics West 2012, by optics.org