Standoff reflection-absorption spectra of surface adsorbed explosives measured with pulsed quantum cascade lasers

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 191, Issue , 2014, Pages 450-456

  Liu, Xunchen ^a   Van Neste, Charles W ^a   Gupta, Manisha ^a   Tsui, Ying Y ^a   Kim, Seonghwan ^a,b   Thundat, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Explosive detection; Photodecomposition; Quantum cascade laser; Standoff IR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATION CONVERSION; CYCLOTRIMETHYLENE TRINITRAMINE; EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; PHOTO-DECOMPOSITION; PULSED QUANTUM CASCADE; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; REFLECTION-ABSORPTION; SURFACE CONCENTRATION;

EXPLOSIVES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULES; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; ULTRAVIOLET LASERS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 84887288008     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2013.10.026     Document Type: Article

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