Development of a Quadrupole resonance confirmation system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5415, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 1256-1267

  Barrall, G A ^a   Derby, K A ^a   Drew, A J ^a   Ermolaev, K V ^a   Huo, S ^a   Lathrop, D K ^a   Petrov, T R ^a   Steiger, M J ^a   Stewart, S H ^a   Turner, P J ^a  

^a Quantum Magnetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Landmines; Mine detection; NQR; QR; Quadrupole resonance; RFI mitigation

Indexed keywords

LANDMINES; MINE DETECTION; NQR; QUADRUPOLE RESONANCE (QR); RFI MITIGATION;

DEMODULATION; FREQUENCIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PROBABILITY; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SENSORS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 10044221065     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.565157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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