Noncontact optical detection of explosive particles via photodissociation followed by laserinduced fluorescence

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 18671-18677

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTODISSOCIATION;

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; DROP-CAST; DROP-CASTING; EXPLOSIVE RESIDUES; FRACTIONAL AREA; HIGH-SENSITIVITY; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; NON-CONTACT; OPTICAL DETECTION; SIGNAL STRENGTHS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 80052780138     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.018671     Document Type: Article

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