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Using a commercial Fourier transform infrared spectrometer and the 1.064μm line of a CW Nd∶YAG laser, we have measured the Raman spectra of a wide variety of materials. The Raman scattered light, Stokes shifted toward the mid-infrared, is collected, using a 90° lens geometry, and focused through the emission port of the spectrometer. After passing through the Michelson interferometer, the light is detected by a thermoelectrically-cooled high-sensitivity germanium detector. The Fourier transform of the resulting interferogram gives the Raman spectrum. This new technique allows spectra to be obtained of samples which were previously completely masked by competing fluorescence. In addition, FT-Raman also allows moieties, such as hydrocarbon chains, which are not present in resonance enhanced spectra, to be investigated. We will discuss our approach toward FT-Raman, which is compatible with traditional Raman spectroscopy, present representative spectra of liquids and solids, and draw some comparisons and contrasts between dispersive and FT measurements.
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Rabolt, J.F., Zimba, C.G., Hallmark, V.M. et al. Experimental aspects of Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy. Mikrochim Acta 95, 219–222 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01349756
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