Title :
Applications of terahertz spectroscopy
Author :
Zhang, Cunlin ; Mu, Kaijun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Capital Normal Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In order to make use of terahertz (THz) spectroscopy technique for homeland security, anti-terrorism, and security inspection, we have examined the applications feasibility of THz spectroscopy to inspect and identify 30 kinds of illicit drugs, 20 kinds of amino acid and 10 kinds of explosives and related compounds (ERCs), respectively. In addition, we also present two reference-free phase feature extraction techniques for identification of ERCs using THz reflection time-domain spectroscopy (RTDS) and transmission TDS, respectively.
Keywords :
drugs; explosives; feature extraction; national security; spectrochemical analysis; terahertz spectroscopy; terrorism; THz reflection time-domain spectroscopy; amino acid; anti-terrorism; explosives; homeland security; illicit drugs; phase feature extraction technique; security inspection; terahertz spectroscopy technique; transmission TDS; Amino acids; Drugs; Explosives; Feature extraction; Inspection; National security; Reflection; Spectroscopy; Terrorism; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, 2009. IRMMW-THz 2009. 34th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5416-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5417-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2009.5325682
