Terahertz spectroscopy of explosives and simulants - RDX, PETN, sugar and L-tartaric acid

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7311, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Konek, Christopher ^a   Wilkinson, John ^a   Esenturk, Okan ^b   Heilweil, Edwin ^b   Kemp, Michael ^c  

^a NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High explosives; Simulants; Spectroscopy; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; HIGH EXPLOSIVES; L-TARTARIC ACIDS; MILITARY EXPLOSIVES; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SIMULANTS; TERAHERTZ; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; THZ SPECTROSCOPY; THZ SPECTRUM;

ACIDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 69649089695     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.817913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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