Simulation and experiment of terahertz stand-off detection

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7215, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wohnsiedler, Sabine ^a   Theuer, Michael ^a   Herrmann, Michael ^a   Islam, Shany ^a   Jonuscheit, Joachim ^a   Beigang, Rene ^a   Hase, Frank ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES IPM   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Sample properties; Security application; Stand off detection; Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy; Water vapor absorption

Indexed keywords

SAMPLE PROPERTIES; SECURITY APPLICATION; STAND-OFF DETECTION; TERAHERTZ (THZ) SPECTROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR ABSORPTION;

APPLICATIONS; FREQUENCY BANDS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; RADIATION HAZARDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER VAPOR;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 65349095294     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808871     Document Type: Conference Paper

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