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Thorlabs Raman Spectroscopy ThorRaman Software


The Thorlabs Raman Spectroscopy ThorRaman software is used to operate Thorlabs Coded-Aperture Raman Spectrometers: RASP1 and RASP2, as well as Raman Spectroscopy Kits RSB1 and RSB1/M.

This software installs to into Local Application Data directory of the OS Windows User. This is typically "%LOCALAPPDATA%/Thorlabs/ThorRaman". The measurement data by default are stored in the "Logs" subfolder of the software directory. Both locations can be changed in Settings screen of the software. 

The measurement data are stored in textual XML based Thorlabs Raman Dataset Format of version TRS1. 

This software includes Thorlabs Example Raman Library of version 1 for quick start of measurements on Thorlabs Raman Spectrometers.


LICENSE

The Thorlabs Raman Spectroscopy ThorRaman software is Copyright © 2024, Thorlabs GmbH. For license details please see file License.txt in the applications installation directory.

This software is using parts of the following libraries:
-	Thorlabs USB Camera Driver, which is Copyright © 2017, Thorlabs Scientific Imaging;
-	Thorlabs ThorSpectra FTSLib library, which is Copyright © 2024, Thorlabs Sweden;
-	Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8 under MIT license;
-	Microsoft C and C++ (MSVC) runtime libraries under Microsoft EULA license;
-	DotNetProjects WPF Toolkit Data Visualization library under Microsoft Public License;
-	DotNetProjects WpfExtendedToolkit library under Microsoft Public License;
-	QuestPDF library version 2022.12.1 under MIT license.
-   Google Protocul Buffers, which is Copyright © 2008, Google Inc., under BSD License.



SUPPORTED PLATFORMS

This software was verified with the Microsoft OS Windows 10, 64-bit version and Windows 11.



CHANGELOG

- 	ThorRaman Software Changelog:

	1.2		May 2024
			Inclusion of Raman Kit Spectrometers
			For Changelog details of this software please see file Changelog.txt in the applications installation directory

	1.0		May 2023
			Initial Release


- 	Thorlabs USB Camera Driver Changelog:

	1.2		October 2020:
			Initial Release of ThorRaman.
			Thorlabs Raman Analyzer Embedded System support.


- 	Thorlabs Raman Dataset Format Changelog:

	TRS1	May-2024:
			Extension update without changing compatibility.

	TRS1	May-2023:
			Initial Release.


- 	Thorlabs Example Raman Library Changelog:

	1		May-2023:
			Initial Release.