Noncontact detection of homemade explosive constituents via photodissociation followed by laser-induced fluorescence

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 5399-5406

  Wynn, C M ^a   Palmacci, S ^a   Kunz, R R ^a   Rothschild, M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

EXPLOSIVE AGENTS; LASERS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77954947870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.005399     Document Type: Article

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