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    • Spectroscopy
    • Biotechnology
    • Data Science

    Background:

    • Accurate species classification is crucial in various scientific fields.
    • Traditional Raman spectroscopy methods often rely on fixed measurement times, which can be suboptimal.
    • Photon detection limits and spectral intensity variations pose challenges in classification.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and analyze an optimal classification method for Raman measurements based on a fixed total number of detected photons (N).
    • To evaluate the performance of this method concerning classification error probabilities and invariance to spectral intensity scaling.
    • To demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed approach in terms of the number of binary filters required.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing Raman spectroscopy with binary filtered spectra.
    • Implementing a classification strategy based on a fixed total photon count (N) instead of a fixed measurement time.
    • Analyzing classification error probabilities and their bounds (Bhattacharyya bound).

    Main Results:

    • The optimal classification method achieves error probabilities upper-bounded by the Bhattacharyya bound.
    • The classification performance is invariant to unknown scaling factors in spectrum intensities.
    • The method requires fewer binary filters than the number of species for effective discrimination.

    Conclusions:

    • A novel photon-counting-based Raman spectroscopy approach offers robust and efficient species classification.
    • This method overcomes limitations of fixed-time measurements and unknown intensity variations.
    • The reduced filter requirement suggests practical advantages for implementation.