Towards a compact, portable, handheld device for contactless real-time standoff detection of hazardous substances

Autor: J. Jarvis, David J. M. Stothard, Markus Schwarzenberg, Lorenz Butschek, Jan Grahmann, Marcin Ratajczyk, André Merten, John Macarthur, Stefan Hugger, Marko Haertelt, Ralf Ostendorf, Christopher Carson, Matthew S. Warden
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Infrared Technology and Applications XLIV.
DOI: 10.1117/12.2305711
Popis: Here we report our recent achievements towards a compact, portable, handheld device for contactless real-time detection and identification of explosives and hazardous substances via reflectance spectroscopy in the 7.5 μm – 10 μm spectral region. The mid-IR spectroscopic measurement principle relies on selective illumination of the target using broadly tunable external cavity quantum cascade lasers (EC-QCLs). A resonant micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS) grating enables fast wavelength tuning in the external cavity, allowing the full spectral scan to be completed in
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