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Author(s) -
Unjaroen Duenpen,
Browne Wesley R.,
Illy Elizabeth
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
optik & photonik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2191-1975
pISSN - 1863-1460
DOI - 10.1002/opph.201700006
Subject(s) - raman spectroscopy , spectrometer , sensitivity (control systems) , laser , raman scattering , optics , point (geometry) , materials science , computer science , physics , engineering , mathematics , electronic engineering , geometry
Abstract The “inelastic scattering of light”, or Raman effect, was observed in practice for the first time in 1928 by C. V. Raman for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930. It is only in the last two decades, however, that Raman spectroscopy has begun to realize its potential as an almost universally applicable analytical technique from materials and life sciences applications to point of care analysis. This is primarily thanks to the availability of compact laser sources, high sensitivity cameras and high resolution compact spectrometers.