Raman spectrometers are instruments used to carry out spectroscopic investigations using the Raman spectroscopy method (also known as combinational scattering spectroscopy). This technique is named after the Indian physicist Venkata Raman and is based on the ability of molecules to undergo inelastic (also known as Raman or combinational) scattering of monochromatic light. The primary application of Raman spectroscopy is in chemical research to obtain a structural fingerprint by which molecules can be identified.
Raman spectroscopy