Optical Characterization of a Hollow Fiber Raman Probe toward Non-Invasive Measurements of Living Tissues

The use of a hollow fiber as a Raman probe, which gives strong advantage of a free link in space, was confirmed to be a versatile and standard analytical method, since Raman data obtained through a hollow fiber probe assures a sufficient link to conventional Raman data. In this paper, we confirmed that a Raman spectrum given by the hollow fiber probe becomes identical to a Raman spectrum measured by a conventional approach, if one is multiplied by an optimized coefficient. In addition, Raman signal intensity changes were related to various types of curved geometries of the probe. The Raman signal intensity value at a curved geometry of the probe, which is one of the most frequently used positions, became 0.35 compared to the value at the standard position of the probe (straight lined).