A new miniature, hand-held, solar-blind, reagentless standoff chemical, biological and explosives (CBE) sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6954, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Hug, W F ^b   Reid, R D ^a   Bhartia, R ^b   Lane, A L ^b  

^a Photon Systems Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical, biological, and explosives detection and classification; Deep UV Raman native fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND CLUTTER; CHEMICAL , BIOLOGICAL , RADIOLOGICAL , NUCLEAR (CBRN); CHEMOMETRIC METHODS; DEEP UV (DUV); EMISSIONS (ASPHALT); HAND HELD SENSORS; IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES (IEDS); JET PROPULSION LABORATORY (JPL); LASER INDUCED; NATIVE FLUORESCENCE; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; PHASE I; REAGENT-LESS; RESONANCE RAMAN; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SOLAR BLINDS; STAND-OFF DETECTION; STATE OF THE ARTS; SUICIDE BOMBERS; SURFACE SENSORS; TO MANY; TRACE LEVELS; ULTRAVIOLET (UV); VEHICLE-BORNE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

AIR POLLUTION; CIVIL DEFENSE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; EXPLOSIVES; FLUORESCENCE; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; LASER CHEMISTRY; LASER EXCITATION; LASERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; MICROFLUIDICS; NITRATION; PHOTONS; PIGMENTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACES; TECHNOLOGY; VEHICLES; WASTEWATER;

DETECTORS;

EID: 45149098147     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.769055     Document Type: Conference Paper

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