Any technique in which a specimen is bombarded with a finely focused
laser beam (diameter less than
)
in the
ultraviolet or
visible range and the intensity versus
wavelength function of the Raman radiation is recorded yielding information about vibrational
states of the excited substance and therefore also about functional groups and chemical
bonding.
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Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
