The invention discloses a small-sized echelette
grating spectrometer. The small-sized echelette
grating spectrometer comprises an optical input unit, a panel
waveguide structure, a small-sized
grating light splitting module and a
linear array detector, wherein the panel
waveguide structure comprises an upper
waveguide plate and a lower waveguide plate, the upper waveguide plate and the lower waveguide plate are placed in a parallel mode, and the reflecting surface of the upper waveguide plate and the reflecting surface of the lower waveguide plate are vertically arranged in an opposite mode, so that an optical channel is formed between the reflecting surfaces, and light from the optical input unit spreads in the optical channel; after collimation, dispersion and convergence are carried out on the light rays in the direction parallel to a panel, a spectrum image is formed, and is received by the
linear array detector, and the light is reflected between an upper panel reflector and a lower panel reflector in the direction perpendicular to the panel, and is limited in a waveguide
thin layer. Therefore, the size of a corresponding collimation optical element, the size of a corresponding dispersion optical element and the size of a corresponding convergence optical element in the
perpendicular direction can be quite small, and the size of a whole optical
system can be remarkably reduced. The optical elements used in the small-sized echelette
grating spectrometer are low in requirement for the
processing technology, and production cost can be reduced.