The device and method disclosed herein concern detecting, identifying, and or quantifying analytes, such as nucleic acids, with high resolution and fast response times using surface enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy. In certain embodiments of the invention, a small number molecular sample...http://www.google.ca/patents/US20050110990?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20050110990 - Method and device for detecting small numbers of molecules using surface-enhanced coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy