Wabuyele, Musundi B.Martin, Matthew E.Yan, FeiStokes, David L.Mobley, JoelCullum, BrianWintenberg, AlanLenarduzzi, RobertoVo-Dinh, Tuan2024-09-042024-09-042005-04-01Wabuyele, Musundi B., Matthew E. Martin, Fei Yan, David L. Stokes, Joel Mobley, Brian M. Cullum, Alan Wintenberg, Roberto Lenarduzzi, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. “Portable Raman Device for Detection of Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents.” In Advanced Biomedical and Clinical Diagnostic Systems III, 5692:330–36. SPIE, 2005. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604451.https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604451http://hdl.handle.net/11603/36038SPIE BiOS, 22-27 JANUARY 2005, San Jose, CA, United StatesThis paper describes a compact, self-contained, cost effective, and portable Raman Integrated Tunable Sensor (RAMiTs) for screening a wide variety of chemical and biological agents for homeland defense applications. The instrument is a fully-integrated, tunable, "point-and-shoot" Raman monitor based on solid-state acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF) technology. It can provide direct identification and quantitative analysis of chemical and biological samples in a few seconds under field conditions. It also consists of a 830-nm diode laser for excitation, and an avalanche photodiode for detection. Evaluation of this instrument has been performed by analyzing several standard samples and comparing the results those obtained using a conventional Raman system. In addition to system evaluation, this paper will also discuss potential applications of the RAMiTs for detection of chemical and biological warfare agents.7 pagesen-USThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.Public Domainhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Text