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The Raman Microspectroscopy Lab owns a Horiba LabRAM HR Evolution Spectrometer. This is a fully confocal, high-resolution 800 mm spectrometer equipped for flexibility across a broad range of applications. Its features include:

• Two laser sources: 100 mW 532 nm frequency-doubled Nd:YAG and 100 mW 785 nm diode.
• XY resolution as good as 500 nm, and confocal Z resolution as good as 1 µm.
• Spectral resolution as good as 0.4 cm^-1 (785 nm laser) or 2.5 cm^-1 (532 nm laser).
• Two diffraction gratings for wide spectral range or high spectral resolution.
• A variety of microscope objective lenses.
• 10 cm x 10 cm working area stage with motorized control of X, Y, and Z
• Several options for controlling the polarization of the excitation laser.
• Reflected and transmitted light sources.
• X and Y galvo mirrors allowing the laser to be aimed, scanned, and rastered out of the microscope objective without any sample movement.
• High-speed continuous scanning mode for fast mapping

The Raman lab also has a Nicolet 670 FTIR spectrometer interfaced to a Continuum FTIR microscope for microscale reflection and transmission, as well as bulk transmission FTIR spectroscopy. Additional Raman Lab resources include a Zeiss stereomicroscope, sample preparation area, and a high-performance offline workstation for data processing and statistical analyses.