Discrimination and identification of plastic landmine casings by single-shot broadband LIBS

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5794, Issue PART I, 2005, Pages 92-101

  Harmon, Russell S ^a   DeLucia, Frank C ^b   LaPointe, Aaron ^c   Winkel Jr , Raymond J ^d   Miziolek, Andrzej W ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH OFFICE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CERDC Night Vision and Electronic and Sensors Directorate   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

Landmine detection; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS

Indexed keywords

HIGH-RESOLUTION BROADBAND SPECTROMETER; LANDMINE DETECTION; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); SPECTRAL LIBRARY;

IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LASER APPLICATIONS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 26844487048     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.606598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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