From inconsistent sample handling and spectral interference to regulatory compliance and software complexity, UV/Vis and UV/Vis/NIR spectrometry can present significant hurdles. That’s why our family of LAMBDA® UV/Vis and UV/Vis/NIR instruments are designed with your lab in mind - to deliver the performance, sampling flexibility, and ease-of-use required to meet today’s analytical challenges and drive tomorrow’s innovations.
Whether your lab conducts materials characterization, water testing, food analysis, or pharmaceutical research, our solutions provide reliable, reproducible results. From compact, mobile UV/Vis spectrometers to advanced benchtop UV/Vis/NIR systems, our solutions are tailored to your laboratory’s specific requirements.
PerkinElmer’s LAMBDA UV/Vis and UV/Vis/NIR instruments are configurable with a vast range of accessories, consumables, and software. Plus, for laboratories in regulated environments, our Enhanced Security™ (ES) software ensures total compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 requirements, helping you maintain data integrity, traceability, and regulatory compliance with ease.
High-End UV/Vis & UV/Vis/NIR
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Built to analyze a wide range of sample types, the LAMBDA 1050+ UV/Vis/NIR and LAMBDA 850+ UV/Vis meet and often exceed industry standards for ultra-high performance, flexibility, and convenience. Both LAMBDA 1050+ and 850+ spectrophotometers are designed to offer faster scan rates, instrument setup and better response times than ever before to maximize productivity.
Modular design with dual sampling compartments, snap-in accessories, and the industry’s largest sample compartments provide unmatched flexibility and precision.
LAMBDA 1050+ holds the industry’s lowest instrument setup and sampling setup time, saving time for higher-priority tasks.
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements with built-in 21 CFR Part 11-compliant UV WinLab software.
Supports a wide range of markets, including glass, optics, photovoltaics, coatings, semiconductors and academic research.

Designed to integrate seamlessly into LAMBDA High-End instrumentation, accessories expand analytical capabilities beyond that of a conventional spectrophotometer. From diffuse reflectance measurements to angular resolved scattering, PerkinElmer offers accessories to suit every need including:
Standard detector modules
Integrating Spheres
Total Absolute Measurement System (TAMS)
Universal Reflectance Accessory (URA)
General Purpose Optical Bench (GPOB)
IV/VW accessories
In tandem with polarizers, temperature-controlled accessories and PerkinElmer's UVWinLab software solutions, the possibilities truly are endless.
Mid-Range UV/Vis
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The LAMBDA 365+ delivers the performance and versatility researchers and analysts need to measure high absorbance liquids and unravel chemical kinetics. The LAMBDA 365+ offers easy-integration with a wide range of accessories and software packages to provide sampling flexibility and simplified workflows to drive high-throughput while maintaining precision.
High-performance, double-beam design with variable bandwidth (0.5–20 nm), large sample compartment, and support for high-absorbing samples (up to 4A) enables fast, precise measurements across routine applications.
Simplified workflows with automated sampling, built-in validation, and 21 CFR Part 11-compliant UVWinLab software.
Serves a broad range of markets including pharma, biopharma, environmental, chemicals, food, optics, lubricants, academia, and analytical labs.

The LAMBDA 365+ Touch and Touch Enhanced Security (ES) are built with streamlined workflows and compliance in mind, making them the ideal UV/Vis instruments for regulated environments.
Simple method implementation through a user interface optimized for touch screen operation
Client-server software offering unmatched expandability and future-proofing
For regulated environments requiring 21 CFR part 11 compliance, the LAMBDA 365+ Touch ES achieves streamlined pharmaceutical QA/QC analyses without compromising on data quality or integrity.

With ultrafast data collection and maximum reliability, the LAMBDA 465 UV/Vis is the ideal system for a wide range of R&D and QA/QC applications, all while taking up minimal bench space.
Simultaneous full-spectrum data acquisition (190–1100 nm) with photodiode array detector to enable rapid, high-throughput analysis in just seconds.
Reliable, low-maintenance performance with robust, modular design and long-lasting Xenon flash lamp for minimal downtime and lower total cost of ownership.
Ideal for busy labs working across industrial, environmental, and pharmaceutical applications.
Optional integration with dissolution systems.
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Similar to the 465 model, the LAMBDA 265 UV/Vis offers ultrafast data collection and maximum reliability, serving a broad range of applications, all while taking up minimal bench space.
Simultaneous full-spectrum data acquisition (190–1100 nm) with photodiode array detector to enable rapid, high-throughput analysis in just seconds.
Reliable, low-maintenance performance with robust, modular design and long-lasting Xenon flash lamp for minimal downtime and lower total cost of ownership.
Ideal for busy labs working across industrial, environmental, and academia applications.
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UV/Vis & UV/VIS/NIR Resources

LAMBDA 1050+ Interactive Brochure
The LAMBDA® 365+ is a modern high-performance UV/Vis spectrophotometer offering unmatched versatility, ease-of-use, and flexibility to meet a broad range of applications.

LAMBDA 365+ Interactive Brochure
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Wine Analysis using the LAMBDA 365+ Touch UV/Vis Spectrophotometer
Discover how the LAMBDA® 365+ Touch UV/Vis Spectrophotometer enables precise, standalone analysis of wine color and total polyphenol content. This application note details a quick and simple method to determine…

More Accuracy, Better Repeatability: Analyzing Nitrate-Nitrogen in Water with the LAMBDA 365+ UV/Vis
Protecting water quality requires reliable nitrate-nitrogen analysis, and the LAMBDA® 365+ UV/Vis Spectrometer delivers precisely that.

Analysis of Hexavalent Chromium in Water Using the LAMBDA 365+ UV/Vis Spectrometer and S23 Autosampler
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Measurement of Total Solar Reflectance Using UV/Vis/NIR Spectrophotometer According to ASTM E 903-20
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Teach Me in 10 - Total Solar Reflectance Analysis according to ASTM E903-20
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High-End UV-VIS-NIR Solutions in Advanced Materials Testing Flyer
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Advance Coatings Research with UV-Vis-NIR analysis and MappIR, for applications in Optoelectronics, Photovoltaics and Semiconductors
This webinar explores the principles, technology and applications of UV-Vis & FTIR analyses for the characterization of materials in semiconductors, photovoltaics and optoelectronics. Viewers will gain a deeper understanding…
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UV/Vis & UV/Vis/NIR Key Markets

Pharmaceuticals
In the highly regulated pharmaceutical industry, ensuring compliance for every drug substance and, the product relies on establishing Identity & Purity. Our comprehensive portfolio of products and services supports efficient and accurate pharmaceutical workflows.
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Glass, Optics & Coatings
Thoroughly investigate and better understand the properties of films and coatings. Our state-of-the-art instruments support numerous techniques and applications widely used in consumer and commercial applications.
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Chemicals
The chemical industry is a critical building block for many other industries, like semiconductors, coatings, adhesives, lubricants, coolants, cosmetics, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals among others, so it's important to confidently quantify and qualify your raw materials through the chemical manufacturing process, through to end products.
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Water
If you are involved in water quality analysis, our established workflows save you time in method development and sample preparation and ensure your results are accurate and reliable.
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Advanced Materials
Are you investigating advanced materials? Trying to identify and characterize a range of properties to meet industrial-driven and customer-driven specifications? We've got you covered with analytical instrumentation, expertise and support services to advance your laboratory research in glass, ceramics, fabrics and a host of other materials and nanomaterials.
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Food
In today's global food industry, the demand for safe and high-quality food has never been higher. Consumers are increasingly conscious of the importance of food safety and quality throughout the entire production process.
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