Title :
Study of CaCO3-containing minerals by THz spectroscopy
Author :
Mizuno, Maya ; Fukunaga, Kaori ; Saito, Shingo ; Hosako, Iwao
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We measured the absorption spectra of the cuttlebone, which contains CaCO3 (~85%), in the terahertz band and compared them with those of natural CaCO3 (calcite). Based on these results, we state that absorption spectra can be used to identify various crystal states of the cuttlebone.
Keywords :
biological techniques; bone; calcium compounds; minerals; terahertz spectroscopy; terahertz wave spectra; CaCO3; THz Spectroscopy; absorption spectra; calcite; crystal states; cuttlebone; terahertz band; Absorption; Biomedical optical imaging; Crystals; Frequency measurement; Optical polarization; Vibrations;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared Millimeter and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz), 2010 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6655-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2010.5612478