IRT-1000X sample compartment microscopy system is designed to provide affordable analysis of microscopic samples with the high performance features of an external FTIR microscope accessory. IRT-1000X offers unprecedented convenience and ease of use, compatible with the JASCO FT/IR- 4X, 6X and 8X FTIR instruments. The microscope accessory installs into the spectrometer sample compartment in seconds without optical alignment. The state-of-the-art optical design guarantees high throughput for highly sensitive measurements of samples approaching 20 μm.