Acquisition of classical absorption spectra of liquids in the mid-IR range with quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) is often limited in sensitivity by noise from the laser source. Alternatively, measurement of molecular dispersion (i.e.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStand-off Raman spectroscopy offers a highly selective technique to probe unknown substances from a safe distance. Often, it is necessary to scan large areas of interest. This can be done by pointwise imaging (PI), that is, spectra are sequentially acquired from an array of points over the region of interest (point-by-point mapping).
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