A hyperspectral infrared microscope using external cavity quantum cascade laser illumination and a microbolometer focal plane array is used to characterize nanogram-scale particles of the explosives RDX, tetryl, and PETN at fast acquisition rates.
Revised: April 3, 2012 |
Published: April 1, 2012
Citation
Phillips M.C., J.D. Suter, and B.E. Bernacki. 2012.Hyperspectral microscopy using an external cavity quantum cascade laser and its applications for explosives detection. In Proceedings of the SPIE: Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices IX, January 22, 2012, San Francisco, California, edited by M Razeghi, E Tournie and GJ Brown, 8268, Paper No. 82681R. Bellingham, Washington:SPIE.PNNL-SA-84212.doi:10.1117/12.907488