Hyperspectral microscopy using an external cavity quantum cascade laser and its applications for explosives detection

Conference · Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.907488· OSTI ID:1037962

Phillips, Mark C; Suter, Jonathan D; Bernacki, Bruce E

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.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1037962
• Report Number(s): PNNL-SA-84212; TRN: US201208%%112
• Resource Relation: Conference: Proceedings of the SPIE: Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices IX, January 22, 2012, San Francisco, California, 8268:Paper No. 82681R
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
ABSORPTION SPECTRA
DETECTION
EXPLOSIVES
ILLUMINANCE
LASERS
MICROSCOPES
MICROSCOPY
PERFORMANCE
SENSITIVITY
TETRYL
TUNING
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infrared
(140.5965) Semiconductor lasers
quantum cascade