Title :
Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of trinitrotoluene
Author :
McEnnis, Caroline ; Dikmelik, Yamac ; Spicer, James B. ; Dagdigian, Paul J.
Author_Institution :
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
Abstract :
Femtosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) has been shown to be effective in detecting TNT, RDX, and other explosive related compounds. We chose to focus on aluminum and glass substrates since these allowed us to study the effects of strong linear absorption for a metal and the multiphoton absorption for a dielectric. For the FLMS experiments only stainless steel substrates were used.
Keywords :
aluminium; glass; laser beam effects; organic compounds; spectroscopy; stainless steel; Al; RDX; TNT; aluminum substrates; breakdown spectroscopy; femtosecond laser; glass substrates; stainless steel substrates; trinitrotoluene; Aluminum; Dielectric substrates; Electric breakdown; Explosives; Glass; Laser theory; Pulse amplifiers; Spectroscopy; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4396651
