Experimental demonstration of remote optical detection of trace explosives

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6954, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wynn, C M ^a   Palmacci, S ^a   Kunz, R R ^a   Zayhowski, J J ^a   Edwards, B ^a   Rothschild, M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Explosives; Laser induced fluorescence; Photodissociation; Trace detection; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL , BIOLOGICAL , RADIOLOGICAL , NUCLEAR (CBRN); HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LASER SYSTEMS; LASER-INDUCED; LINCOLN LABORATORY; NARROW BANDS; NITRIC OXIDE (CO); OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL DETECTION; OPTICAL FILTERING; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR (OPO); OPTICAL PROBING; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENTS; RED SHIFTED FLUORESCENCE; SHORTER WAVELENGTHS; VIBRATIONALLY EXCITED;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; LASER CHEMISTRY; LASERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; NITRIC OXIDE; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PHOTOLYSIS; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 44949212189     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.782371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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