Signature and signal generation aspects of explosive detection using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy

International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 295-306

  Osiander, Robert ^a   Fitch, Michael J ^a   Leahy Hoppa, Megan ^a   Dikmelik, Yamac ^a   Spicer, James B ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

THz; Time domain spectroscopy; Trace explosives

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACIDS; EXPLOSIVES; NITRATION; PELLETIZING; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DO-MAINS; EXPLOSIVE DETECTIONS; EXPLOSIVES DETECTIONS; FINITE DEPTHS; GRAIN SIZES; METALLIC POWDERS; MOLECULAR ABSORPTIONS; POLYETHYLENE SAMPLES; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSIONS; REFLECTION SPECTRUMS; ROUGH SURFACES; SIGNAL GENERATIONS; SOLID MATERIALS; TARTARIC ACIDS; TERAHERTZ; THZ; THZ FREQUENCIES; THZ RANGES; THZ-TDS; TIME-DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY; TRACE EXPLOSIVES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 56049113539     PISSN: 01291564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129156408005357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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