Raman scattering showing absorption when Stokes Raman scattering exceeds anti-Stokes Raman scattering, in an experiment in which a sample is simultaneously illuminated by coincident beams from a continuum source and a pulse laser at ${\tilde{\nu }}_0$. Energy is absorbed from the continuum at ${\tilde{\nu }}_0+{\tilde{\nu }}_{\mathrm{s}}$ where ${\tilde{\nu }}_{\mathrm{s}}$ is the wavenumber of a Raman-active vibration in the sample that is excited by this process, and this energy is emitted at ${\tilde{\nu }}_0$.