Method for detecting at least one
hazardous substance, in particular an explosive, in a sample (26), in particular in a spatial detection area (18), wherein a first optical spectrum of the sample (26) is recorded using a first optical
spectroscopy method during a first spectrum
acquisition time window (106) and a second optical
spectroscopy method is used to
record a second optical spectrum of the sample (26) during a second spectrum
acquisition time window (108), wherein the first and the second optical
spectroscopy methods differ, wherein the first optical spectrum and the second optical spectrum are compared with provided reference spectra of the at least one
hazardous substance to determine whether the at least one
hazardous substance is present in the sample (26) or not, wherein the first optical spectroscopy method is
infrared spectroscopy, in particular MIR
reflection spectroscopy.and that an
infrared spectrum is recorded as the first spectrum of the sample (26), that the second optical spectroscopy method is
Raman spectroscopy, in particular UV
Raman spectroscopy, and that a Raman spectrum is recorded as the second spectrum of the sample (26), characterized in that the first spectrum recording time window (106) and the second spectrum recording time window (108) overlap at least partially in time, in particular completely, that to
record the first optical spectrum the sample (26) is exposed to first pulsed
electromagnetic radiation (50) and that an intensity of first scattered
radiation (60) backscattered from the sample (26) is detected, that to
record the second optical spectrum the sample is exposed to second pulsed
electromagnetic radiation (76) and that an intensity of second scattered
radiation (86) backscattered from the sample (26) is detected with
spectral resolution.