Standoff laser based spectroscopy for explosives detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6739, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gaft, M ^a   Nagli, L ^a,b  

^a Laser Detect Systems   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER SPECTROSCOPY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IED); REAL TIME DETECTION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 42149111670     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.736631     Document Type: Conference Paper

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