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Appendix

Tabl e 1. 4 Spectroscopic component suppliers

Company Components

Acton Research Spectrograph

Monochromameters

Newport Corporation Light source

Solid-state lasers
Femtosecond lasers

Kaiser Optical System Holographic gratings/filters

Spectrograph
Integrated spectrometers

Philip Lumileds Lightening Company High-power LED

Brimrose Corporation of America AOTF filters

Cambridge Research and Instrumentation LCTF filters

Omega Optical Filters

Semrock Filters

Ocean Optics Spectrometers

Light source
Fibers

Fiberguide Industries Customized fiber bundles

Polymicro High-OH, low-OH fibers

Princeton Instrument Spectrograph

Spectrometers
CCD detectors

Andor Technology Spectrograph

Spectrometers
CCD detectors

Hamamatsu Photonics K.K. PMT, APD

B&W Tek Diode lasers

Laser Components Group Polarizers

Acknowledgements Our Raman spectroscopy work was supported by the Canadian Cancer
Society, the Canadian Dermatology Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the
BC Hydro Employees' Community Service Fund, and the VGH and UBC Foundation. The authors
wish to thank Dr. Harvey Lui and Dr. David I. McLean for helpful discussions. The authors
acknowledge Dr. Zhiwei Huang, Dr. Michael Short, and Ms. Tracy Wang for providing some of
the figures.

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