Raman scattering

   

Raman scattering is the inelastic scattering of a photon which creates or annihilates an optical phonon. It was first reported by C.V. Raman and K.S. Krishnan in 1928. Raman received the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his work on the scattering of light.

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