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Tom,
You’re getting hung up on a specific instrument and missing the point.
A spectral/spectrum analyzer is a simple phrase that encompasses many like type instruments based on the electromagnetic spectrum, from low wave through optical and so on. there's nothing Star Trek about it. A "spectrograph"/spectrometer is a type specific instrument and not necessarily the one solely employed in this operation. A spectrograph would be the second of the two aforementioned examples in the optical form.
I had no idea what your background was. Considering your fiction based word... what was I suppose to think?

BTW... just for your information, a guy with your background should have known better. Here's a brush up for you - Star Trek it isn'thttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_analyzer

And just an FYI - My biggest hobby/passion in life is Physics and heavy on the theoretical/cutting edge side. I study and collaborate in the field because I love it; not because I was after a degree, career or recognition.


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