Hyperspectral microscopy of explosives particles using an external cavity quantum cascade laser

Optical Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Phillips, Mark C ^a   Bernacki, Bruce E ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

explosives detection; infrared microscopy; infrared spectroscopy; quantum cascade laser; tunable laser

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; EXTERNAL CAVITY; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; INFRARED MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; QUANTUM CASCADES; SMALL PARTICLES;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER TUNING; LIGHT ABSORPTION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 84887459221     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.52.6.061302     Document Type: Article

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