DETECTION APPARATUS

摘要

Apparatus that can be used to authenticate a security item or otherwise analyse a sample (S) containing a Raman-active material, comprises a substantially monochromatic light source (L); means (M1, F1, F2, O) for directing the source light onto the sample; means (F2) for separating the source light from the radiation emitted from and/or scattered by the sample; means adapted to discriminate (F3) between the Raman-scattered light and light of a neighbouring wavelength; and one or more deflectors (PM) for the respective discriminated radiations. The apparatus allows a distinction to be drawn between the Raman scattering and background fluorescence.