The MSF has two of the highest resolution Fourier transform spectrometers in the UK and a number of fibre-coupled miniature grating spectrometers:
- Bruker IFS 125HR; range 10-40,000 cm-1; resolution 0.0015cm-1
- Bruker IFS 120/5HR; range 10-40,000 cm-1; resolution 0.0015 cm-1
- Bruker Vertex 80v; range 300-50,000 cm-1; resolution 0.07 cm-1
- Bruker IFS 66v/S; range 300-50,000 cm-1; resolution 0.12 cm-1
- Ocean Optics CCD; range 200-800 nm; resolution 0.6 nm
- Ocean Optics CCD; range 550-1100 nm; resolution 0.6 nm
