Title :
Qualitative and quantitative analysis of explosives by terahertz time-domain spectroscopy: Application to imaging
Author :
Sleiman, J. Bou ; El Haddad, J. ; Perraud, J.B. ; Bassel, L. ; Bousquet, B. ; Palka, Norbert ; Mounaix, Patrick
Author_Institution :
LOMA, Bordeaux Univ., Talence, France
Abstract :
Detection of explosives has always been an important fact for homeland security. Terahertz spectroscopy and imaging is an emerging, promising candidate in this field. We use time domain THz spectroscopy and we demonstrate that a methodology based on chemometrics is successful for discrimination of explosives and prediction of their concentration in complex samples made by mixture of products.
Keywords :
explosive detection; national security; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave imaging; Terahertz imaging; Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy; chemometrics; explosive detection; explosive discrimination; homeland security; qualitative analysis; quantitative analysis; Explosives; Frequency measurement; Imaging; Polyethylene; Principal component analysis; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956226
