In-situ, non-destructive chemical characterisation of visually identical samples, including those concealed in containers, is required in fields such as forensics, suspicious substance screening or product quality control. We present a variation of Raman spectroscopy which harnesses the fact that the Fourier transform of tightly-focussed Bessel beam is an annulus. This increases the collection of light originating beyond a container wall and simultaneously reduces the collection of light from the container, enabling non-contact, non-destructive detection of samples in sealed containers. Example measurements include alcoholic beverages in their original bottles and pharmaceuticals in opaque plastic containers.
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