Optical detection of explosives: spectral signatures for the explosive bouquet

Tabetha Osborn; Sindhu Kaimal; Jason Causey; William Burns; Scott Reeve

doi:10.1117/12.818794

8 May 2009 Optical detection of explosives: spectral signatures for the explosive bouquet

Tabetha Osborn, Sindhu Kaimal, Jason Causey, William Burns, Scott Reeve

Proceedings Volume 7304, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing X; 730419 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818794
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2009, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Research with canines suggests that sniffer dogs alert not on the odor from a pure explosive, but rather on a set of far more volatile species present in an explosive as impurities. Following the explosive trained canine example, we have begun examining the vapor signatures for many of these volatile impurities utilizing high resolution spectroscopic techniques in several molecular fingerprint regions. Here we will describe some of these high resolution measurements and discuss strategies for selecting useful spectral signature regions for individual molecular markers of interest.

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Tabetha Osborn, Sindhu Kaimal, Jason Causey, William Burns, and Scott Reeve "Optical detection of explosives: spectral signatures for the explosive bouquet", Proc. SPIE 7304, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing X, 730419 (8 May 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.818794

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