Sensors (Nov 2014)

Raman Imaging with a Fiber-Coupled Multichannel Spectrograph

  • Elmar Schmälzlin,
  • Benito Moralejo,
  • Monika Rutowska,
  • Ana Monreal-Ibero,
  • Christer Sandin,
  • Nicolae Tarcea,
  • Jürgen Popp,
  • Martin M. Roth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s141121968
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 11
pp. 21968 – 21980

Abstract

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Until now, spatially resolved Raman Spectroscopy has required to scan a sample under investigation in a time-consuming step-by-step procedure. Here, we present a technique that allows the capture of an entire Raman image with only one single exposure. The Raman scattering arising from the sample was collected with a fiber-coupled high-performance astronomy spectrograph. The probe head consisting of an array of 20 × 20 multimode fibers was linked to the camera port of a microscope. To demonstrate the high potential of this new concept, Raman images of reference samples were recorded. Entire chemical maps were received without the need for a scanning procedure.

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