System and method for combined Raman and LIBS detection with targeting

A storage medium containing machine readable program code, which, when executed by a processor, causes said processor to perform the following:

• illuminate a region of interest to thereby generate a first plurality of interacted photons;
• filter said first plurality of interacted photons;
• detect said first plurality of interacted photons to thereby generate a test data set representative of said region of interest;
• analyze said test data set to thereby identify a unknown sample within said region of interest;
• illuminate a first portion of said unknown sample to thereby generate a second plurality of interacted photons;
• illuminate a second portion of said unknown sample to thereby generate a third plurality of interacted photons;
• filter at least one of said second plurality of interacted photons and said third plurality of interacted photons;
• detect said second plurality of interacted photons to thereby generate a LIBS data set representative of said unknown sample;
• detect said third plurality of interacted photons to thereby generate a Raman data set representative of said unknown sample;
• fuse said LIBS data set and said Raman data set to generate a fused data set;
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• analyze the fused data set to thereby identify said unknown sample.