1852 discovery of Stokes shift in fluorescence by G. G. Stokes
1871 discovery of Rayleigh scattering by lord J. W. Rayleigh
1922 “Molecular diffraction of light” by C. V. Raman
1923 prediction of inelastic light scattering by A. Smekal
1928 discovery of Raman effect by G. Landsberg, L. Mandelstam, C. V. Raman and K. S. Krishnan
1930 Nobel Prize for discovery of Raman effect to C. V. Raman
1955 first confocal miscoscopy by M. Minsky
1962 Stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) first observed by E. J. Woodbury and W. K. Ng and the principle explained by G. Eckhardt
1964 Nobel Prize for advances in quantum electronics and building laser to C. H. Townes, N. Basov, A. Prokhorov
1965 principle of Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) first reported by P. D. Maker and R. W. Terhune with the term coined in 1974 by Beagly et al.
1966 Nobel Prize for developing optical methods for construction of a laser to A. Kastler
1970 construction of single-beam gradient force trap later called optical tweezer by A. Ashkin
1973 Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) first observed by M. Fleischmann, P.J. Hendra and A. J. McQuillan
1990 1st measurements of biological samples - fixed cells (lymphocytes) by G. J. Puppels
2000 Tip Enhanced Raman Scattering (TERS) independently performed by M. S. Anderson and V. Deckert, R. M. Stöckle, Y. D. Suh, R. Zenobi
2003 1st measurement of living cells (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) by Y.-S. Huang
2018 Nobel Prize for Laser Tweezer to A. Ashkin
2019 Nobel Prize for LiIon battery to J. B. Goodenough
2020 NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance equipped by SHERLOC - Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman & Luminiscence for Organics & Chemicals