An optical fiber based microsensor for explosives detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6217 I, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Walsh, Graham ^a   Sun, Cunqiang ^a   Xiao, Hai ^a   Liu, Ning ^b   Dong, Junhang ^b   Romero, Van ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives detection; Optical fiber sensor; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; TRIISOPROPYLBENZENE; TRINITROTOLUENE (TNT);

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EXPLOSIVES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLEFINS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SILICA; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; THIN FILMS; ZEOLITES;

MICROSENSORS;

EID: 33747363670     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.665572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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