Fiber optic SERS sensor systems and SERS probes

Optics: measuring and testing – By dispersed light spectroscopy – With raman type light scattering

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C436S164000, C436S171000, C435S288700, C435S287100

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07656525

ABSTRACT:
Fiber optic surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopic (SERS) systems (also referred to as “SERS system”), portable SERS systems, SERS probes, and methods of using the SERS systems and SERS probes to detect an analyte, are disclosed.

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