Stand-off detection of explosives particles by multispectral imaging Raman spectroscopy

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 28, 2011, Pages 5592-5599

  Östmark, Henric ^a   Nordberg, Markus ^a,b   Carlsson, Torgny E ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; EXPLOSIVES; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SULFUR; TELESCOPES;

2 ,4 ,6-TRINITROTOLUENE; CASSEGRAIN TELESCOPES; FREQUENCY-DOUBLED ND:YAG LASER; INTENSIFIED CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LIQUID CRYSTAL TUNABLE FILTER; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES; STAND-OFF DISTANCE (SOD);

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 80053404678     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.005592     Document Type: Article

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