The present invention provides an apparatus and method for high resolution
spectroscopy using a narrow light beam source such as a superluminescent
diode (SLD) and a tunable optical filter (TOF) for analyzing a formation
fluid sample downhole and at the surface to determine formation fluid
parameters. The SLD and TOF have a matching etendue. The analysis
comprises determination of gas oil ratio, API gravity and various other
fluid parameters which can be estimated after developing correlations to
a training set of samples using a neural network or a chemometric
equation.