Identification and classification of chemicals using terahertz reflective spectroscopic focalplane imaging system

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 9130-9141

  Zhong, Hua ^a   Redo Sanchez, Albert ^a   Zhang, X C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CAMERAS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; REFLECTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BIOCHEMICAL MATERIALS; EMISSION-DETECTION; STANDOFF DISTANCE SENSING; TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY (TDS);

ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 33749408406     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.009130     Document Type: Article

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