Explosives detection with a frequency modulation spectrometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 4694-4704

  Riris, H ^a   Carlisle, C B ^a   Mc Millen, D F ^a   Cooper, D E ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode lasers; Explosives detection; Frequency modulation spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECOMPOSITION; EXPLOSIVES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MOLECULES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CYCLOTRIMETHYLENE TRINITRAMINE; DETECTION LIMIT; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; FREQUENCY MODULATION SPECTROSCOPY; INTEGRATED CATALYST ABSORPTION CELL; VAPOR GENERATORS;

SPECTROMETERS;

EID: 0030215144     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004694     Document Type: Article

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