Remote sensing for the volcanic fluid by use of back scattering Raman light

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We carried out a basic experiment by which the acidity of natural water such as the lake water in active volcanoes. For the exciting light, 532nm 0.6W laser was employed. For the detection of Raman light, a monochrometer and a photomultiplier were used. In a laboratory, water solutions with various acidities were excited by the laser and the back scattering Raman light was observed with the distance of 30 cm. The characteristic Raman light originating in the vibration of H2O molecules were detected at 642 and 650 nm of wave length for the peak in spectra. The relative height of those peaks was correlated to the acidity of solution, implying the possibility of remote sensing of water acidity based on the Raman light observation.