Title :
In vivo chlorophyll monitoring of biological samples with THz-time-domain-spectroscopy
Author :
Wagner, C. ; Peveling-Oberhag, C. ; Heinen, C. ; Fritzsche, F. ; Hommes, A. ; Nussler, D. ; Essen, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. MHS, Fraunhofer FHR, Wachtberg, Germany
Abstract :
The Aim of this study was to monitor the chlorophyll and water content of plants with THz-time-domain-spectroscopy. This technique provides the ability to gather frequency and phase data within all dielectric and molecular information needed to recalculate the molecular concentration.
Keywords :
agriculture; cellular biophysics; molecular biophysics; terahertz wave spectra; time-domain analysis; THz-time-domain spectroscopy; biological samples; dielectric information; in vivo chlorophyll monitoring; molecular concentration; molecular information; plants; water content; Absorption; Agriculture; Biology; Biomedical monitoring; Image resolution; Monitoring; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2011 36th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Houston, TX
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0510-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2162-2027
DOI :
10.1109/irmmw-THz.2011.6105250
