THz QCL-based active imaging dedicated to non destructive testing of composite materials used in aeronautics

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7763, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Destic, F ^a   Petitjean, Y ^a   Massenot, S ^a   Mollier, J C ^a,b   Barbieri, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ONERA   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Active imaging; Aeronautical composite materials; Carbon fibre; Kevlar; Non destructive testing; Quantum Cascade Laser; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMAGING; AERONAUTICAL COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CARBON FIBRE; KEVLAR; NON DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; QUANTUM CASCADES; TERA HERTZ;

CARBON FIBERS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS;

MATERIALS TESTING;

EID: 77958107544     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.859247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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