THz spectroscopy of explosives and related compounds

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5411, Issue , 2004, Pages 84-91

  Fitch, Michael J ^a   Schauki, Dunja ^a   Dodson, Caroline ^b   Osiander, Robert ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives; FT IR; Imaging; Landmines; Spectroscopy; THz

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROWAVES; RADAR; RADIATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROMETERS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER; LANDMINES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGING; THZ;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 10044236619     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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