THz wave standoff detection of explosive materials

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6212, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zhong, Hua ^a   Redo, Albert ^a   Chen, Yunqing ^a   Zhang, Xi Cheng ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosive; Reflection spectroscopy; Standoff detection; THz

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; EXPLOSIVES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; REMOTE SENSING;

EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; STANDOFF DETECTION; THZ WAVE;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747706737     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.665360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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