This center was established to commercialize Raman technology for chemical monitoring in natural gas, metal processing, and medical applications. Advances in instrumentation have made Raman scattering attractive as a general purpose analytical technique for measuring chemicals in sold, liquid and gaseous samples. Raman spectroscopy is the measurement of the wavelength and intensity of inelastically scattered light from molecules. The Raman scattered light occurs at wavelengths that are shifted from the incident light by the energies of molecular vibrations. Typical applications are in structure determination, multicomponent qualitative analysis, and quantitative analysis. Technology development is focuses on the following areas:

• Laser diode configuration
• Sample handling schemes
• Fiber coupling techniques
• Data-analysis algorithms
• Modifications to the core Raman detection systems.

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Raman Technology 96-97
Raman Technology 97-98

Highlights

• Patented laser (U.S. Patent No. 6,100,975), spectrograph (U.S. Patent No. 6,028,667), and 18 channel multiplexer (U.S. Patent No. 6,859,581)
• Process Instruments has its Raman systems in some of the largest refinery and petrochemical plants in the U.S.

Spin Out Companies

• Process Instruments, Inc.

Benefiting Companies

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