title: Detection of Bacillus subtilis spores in water by means of broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy.
abstract: Broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) spectroscopy is used for detection of bacterial spores in aqueous solution. Polarization CARS spectroscopy is employed to suppress the non-resonant background. CARS spectrum recorded in the spectral region from 700 to 1900 cm(-1) exhibits all the characteristic features of spontaneous Raman spectrum taken for a solid powder and resembles that one of the dipicolinic acid, which is considered to be the major component of bacterial spores, including anthrax.
authors.forename: Georgi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petrov
authors.forename: Vladislav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yakovlev
authors.forename: Alexei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sokolov
authors.forename: Marlan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scully