Compact standoff Raman system for detection of homemade explosives

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7665, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Misra, Anupam K ^a   Sharma, Shiv K ^a   Bates, David E ^a   Acosta, Tayro E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

daytime Raman spectroscopy; explosive detection; Homemade explosives; inorganic and organic compounds; standoff Raman system; time gated remote Raman

Indexed keywords

DAYTIME RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; HOMEMADE EXPLOSIVES; INORGANIC AND ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REMOTE RAMAN; STANDOFF RAMAN;

ACETONE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; CAMERAS; DETECTORS; EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LASER EXCITATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NITRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PORTALS; POTASSIUM; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PULSED LASERS; RADIOLOGY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SULFUR;

INORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 77955885734     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.849850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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