Development of uncooled antenna-coupled microbolometer arrays for explosive detection and identification

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7837, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Simoens, F ^a   Arnaud, A ^a   Castelein, P ^a   Goudon, V ^a   Imperinetti, P ^a   Lalanne Dera, J ^a   Meilhan, J ^a   Ouvier Buffet, J L ^a   Pocas, S ^a   Maillou, T ^b   Hairault, L ^b   Gellie, P ^c   Barbieri, S ^c   Sirtori, C ^c  

^a CEA LETI   (France)

^b CEA LE RIPAULT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

Explosive detection; Explosive identification; Imaging; Micro bolometer; Quantum Cascade Laser; Spectroscopy; Terahertz

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; IMAGING; MICROBOLOMETER; QUANTUM CASCADES; TERA HERTZ;

ANTENNAS; BOLOMETERS; EXPLOSIVES; INFRARED DETECTORS; MILLIMETER WAVES; NITRATION; PIXELS; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 78649820059     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.865189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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