The present invention provides an attenuated-total-reflection ("ATR")
measurement apparatus that collects light onto a contact surface between
a sample and an ATR prism at an incident angle greater than or equal to a
critical angle and measures total-reflection light from the contact
surface. The attenuated-total-reflection measurement apparatus according
to the invention includes: a light-irradiating system for emitting the
light which is collected onto the contact surface; a photodetector for
detecting the total-reflection light from the contact surface; an
aperture for restricting the light which the photodetector detects to
only light from a specific measurement site in the contact surface; and a
detection-side scanning mirror provided in a light path extending from
the ATR prism to the aperture.