Measurement apparatus and measurement method

Abstract

A measurement apparatus for measuring the concentration of a target substance contained in a sample includes: a light source (light source device); a light-incident body (sensor chip) that has a sample contact surface, where an enhanced electric field is formed by metal particles, and enhances Raman scattering light radiated from the target substance by light emitted from the light source in the enhanced electric field; an irradiation unit that causes the light emitted from the light source to enter into a plurality of areas in the light-incident body; a light-receiving unit (light-receiving element) that receives the Raman scattering light radiated from a plurality of the areas; and a quantitative measurement unit (control device) that quantitatively measures a concentration of the target substance based on a total number of the areas and a strength of the Raman scattering light received from the areas.

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