laser was provided by a single-frequency Nd:YVO4 laser
(DPSS series by Lasos) emitting at 532 nm. The Raman signal was spectrally
dispersed by a ACTON SP750 monochromator with a focal length of 750
mm and equipped with a 300 grooves/mm grating. The signal was detected
by a back-illuminated N2-cooled Si-CCD camera (100BRX by
Princeton Instruments). The laser light was filtered out by a very
sharp long-pass Razor edge filter (Semrock). The spectral resolution
was 2.8 cm–1. A 100× objective with NA = 0.9
was employed to excite and collect the light in a backscattering configuration.