The formalism of exact 1D quantization is reviewed in detail and applied to
the spectral study of three concrete Schr\"odinger Hamiltonians $[-\d^2/\d q^2
+ V(q)]^\pm$ on the half-line $\{q>0\}$, with a Dirichlet (-) or Neumann (+)
condition at q=0. Emphasis is put on the analytical investigation of the
spectral determinants and spectral zeta functions with respect to singular
perturbation parameters. We first discuss the homogeneous potential $V(q)=q^N$
as $N \to +\infty$vs its (solvable) $N=\infty$ limit (an infinite square well):
useful distinctions are established between regular and singular behaviours of
spectral quantities; various identities among the square-well spectral
functions are unraveled as limits of finite-N properties. The second model is
the quartic anharmonic oscillator: its zero-energy spectral determinants
$\det(-\d^2/\d q^2 + q^4 + v q^2)^\pm$ are explicitly analyzed in detail,
revealing many special values, algebraic identities between Taylor
coefficients, and functional equations of a quartic type coupled to asymptotic
$v \to +\infty$ properties of Airy type. The third study addresses the
potentials $V(q)=q^N+v q^{N/2-1}$ of even degree: their zero-energy spectral
determinants prove computable in closed form, and the generalized eigenvalue
problems with v as spectral variable admit exact quantization formulae which
are perfect extensions of the harmonic oscillator case (corresponding to N=2);
these results probably reflect the presence of supersymmetric potentials in the
family above.