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Scientific analysis > Spectrometry > Raman spectroscopy

Preferred term

Raman spectroscopy  

Definition

  • Technique of scattering a monochromatic light, such as a laser, changing the vibrational, rotational, or electronic energy of a sample, the results of which help determine its molecular structure. Discovered by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888-1970). [AAT]

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • CARS spectroscopy
  • Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy
  • Spectroscopy, Raman

Notation

  • 310533

In other languages

  • French

  • Microsondes Raman
  • Microspectrométrie Raman
  • Raman, Spectroscopie
  • Spectrométrie Raman

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-CZHD6R29-V

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