Stand-off detection of solid targets with diffuse reflection spectroscopy using a high-power mid-infrared supercontinuum source

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 2794-2807

  Kumar, Malay ^a   Islam, Mohammed N ^a,b   Terry, Fred L ^a   Freeman, Michael J ^b   Chan, Allan ^c   Neelakandan, Manickam ^c   Manzur, Tariq ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Omni Sciences Inc ^*  (United States)

^c AUSA   (United States)

^d NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL PUMPING; UREA;

AUTOMOTIVES; DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTRUMS; HIGH POWER; MID-INFRARED SUPERCONTINUUM; SOLID SAMPLES; SOLID TARGETS; STAND-OFF; STANDOFF DETECTION; SUPERCONTINUUM SOURCES;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

EID: 84861364461     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.002794     Document Type: Article

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