Abstract

The study of proteins and protein-lipid systems adsorbed at surfaces in a monolayer is of special interest. Among the methods studied are spontaneous Raman scattering (spRs), coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS), infrared-visible sum frequency generation (iv-SFG) and stimulated Raman gain (stRg). Our approach in the development of spRs [1] and CARS [2] is the use of waveguides. This may also be the preferred method for stRg [3] to detect monolayers. Results will be shown of Waveguide CARS and Waveguide spontaneous Raman scattering. Monolayers of proteins at surfaces can be detected with waveguide spontaneous Raman scattering.

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