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Note that that's not a Raman spectrometer, just a conventional grating or prism-based instrument. 3 nm resolution isn't too bad, though. Could be good for evaluating aquarium/houseplant lighting and things like that.

A Raman spectrometer is still a fairly exotic piece of hardware, requiring a laser, a notch filter for the laser's wavelength, and a very good conventional spectrophotometer to look for low-level sidebands. There have been some homebrew Raman implementations -- e.g., Ben Krasnow's at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRrOdKW06sk -- but nothing that would fit on the back of a smartphone.



Is there any way you could picture it fitting on the back of a smartphone?

Because some people definitely have [1]

[1] https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/ay/d1ay0...


Very cool, sign me up for one of those when they hit Kickstarter! It's pretty big and clunky, but still the smallest one I've seen.

Edit: already on sale at https://www.amazon.com/CloudMinds-Raman-Spectrometer/dp/B081... . $24,980.00. Maybe I'll hold back a bit on this one...


Give it three years max and it will be on the back of the new iphone


Raman is inherently difficult as it's so weak compared to normal scattering, so careful optimization of SNR is required.

Another DIY Raman setup (on a breadboard so expect few kg): https://www.thepulsar.be/article/openraman-starter-edition/


That's a great site. I like how he describes experiments, techniques, and components that didn't work out, along with the ones that did.


Yeah it's incredible what people are doing in their homes




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