Raman Microscope

Raman microscopy (µ-Raman) combines the chemical analysis technique, Raman spectroscopy, and traditional light microscope. This combination provides a very streamlined "point and shoot” approach to Raman spectroscopy of very tiny objects. Users can directly select regions of interest on a sample for chemical analysis through microscope visualization. Raman microscopy relies on the same technique as Raman spectroscopy to identify the chemical compounds in a sample. First, a laser (typically a green 532 nm laser) illuminates the sample, interacts with it, and the laser light scatters off the sample’s surface. The laser light can be scattered in two ways: Rayleigh scattering or Raman scattering.