Spatial Heterodyne Raman Spectrometry

Kinohi Institute Engineering, 2015-16

Liaison(s): M. C. Storrie-Lombardi M.D. P13
Advisor(s): Philip Cha
Students(s): Kunal Menda (TL-S), Apoorva Sharma (TL-F), Alex Alves, Erica Martelly (S) Achintaya Bansal

The 2015-16 Kinohi Clinic Team is designing, building, and testing a device for capturing the Raman spectra of organic molecules using the Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer optical design operating with near infrared excitation light. Using no moving parts, this novel approach to Raman spectrometry robustly allows for non-contact, non-destructive material identification. Such a spectrometer has promising applications in fields ranging from chemistry and molecular biology to astrobiology.