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Heller et. al. discovered “transition sliding” when applying this technique to graphene, which is unusually explained by a fourth-order “double resonance” model instead of KHD theory. Calcium fluoride is used as a substrate in a form of confocal microscopy that relies on this technique. George Placzek developed an approximation in this technique that compares the depolarization ratio of a mode to 0.75 to determine its symmetry. A (*) notch filter is used to increase the resolution of this technique. Molecules are adsorbed onto nanostructured gold or silver to enhance their signals (-5[1])in one form of this technique. (10[1])Molecules with a center of symmetry cannot (10[1])have modes active in both infrared (10[1])spectroscopy and this (10[1])technique. For 10 points, give this technique that measures Stokes and anti-Stokes shifts caused by inelastic scattering of photons and is named after an Indian physicist. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Raman spectroscopy [or Raman scattering; accept hyperspectral confocal Raman microscopy; accept surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy or SERS]
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