Stand-off detection of trace explosives by infrared photothermal imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7304, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Papantonakis, Michael R ^a   Kendziora, Chris ^a   Furstenberg, Robert ^a,b   Stepnowskia, Stanley V ^a   Rake, Matthew ^c   Stepnowski, Jennifer ^c   Mcgill, R Andrew ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; Explosives; Infrared; Laser; Photothermal; Quantum cascade laser

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETER ARRAY; DETECTION; ENERGY LEVEL; EYE-SAFE; FALSE ALARM RATE; INCIDENT WAVELENGTH; INFRARED; INFRARED FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; INFRARED LASER LIGHT; INTENSITY LIMIT; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LASER ILLUMINATION; LOW VAPOR PRESSURES; PHOTOTHERMAL; PHOTOTHERMAL IMAGING; SINGLE GRAINS; SOLID MATERIAL; STAND-OFF; STANDOFF DETECTION; UNCOOLED; VIBRATIONAL ABSORPTION;

INFRARED DETECTORS; LASERS; NITRATION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; RADIOLOGY; SURFACES; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; VAPORS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 69549131113     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.818752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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