Microchip spectrophotometer

A spectroscopy microchip device comprising:

• (a) one or more light detectors arranged on a microchip;
• (b) one or more narrow spectrum filters arranged on the detectors, each filter optically coupled to at least one of said detectors, said filters and detectors together configured to produce narrowband filtered spectra for spectroscopic analysis.

A spectroscopy integrated circuit system comprising:

• (a) one or more light detectors arranged on a microchip;
• (b) one or more narrow spectrum filters arranged on the integrated circuit to be optically coupled to at least one of said detectors, said filters and detectors together configured to produce narrowband filtered spectra;
• (c) a processor for spectroscopic analysis of the narrowband filtered spectra, said processor located on the same integrated circuit or a different integrated circuit.

A method for spectral analysis, comprising the steps of:

• (a) detecting filtered broadband light using one or more detectors located on a spectroscopy microchip, each detector receiving and detecting narrowband light after narrow spectrum spectral filtering of broadband light;
• and,
• (b) spectroscopic analysis of the narrowband light detected using a processor located on the microchip or on a separate microchip.