Angular dependence of source-target-detector in active mode standoff infrared detection

Leonardo C. Pacheco-Londoño; John R. Castro-Suarez; Joaquín A. Aparicio-Bolaños; Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera

doi:10.1117/12.2016153

6 June 2013 Angular dependence of source-target-detector in active mode standoff infrared detection

Leonardo C. Pacheco-Londoño, John R. Castro-Suarez, Joaquín A. Aparicio-Bolaños, Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera

Proceedings Volume 8711, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XII; 871108 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2016153
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2013, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

Active mode standoff measurement using infrared spectroscopy were carried out in which the angle between target and the source was varied from 0-70° with respect to the surface normal of substrates containing traces of highly energetic materials (explosives). The experiments were made using three infrared sources: a modulated source (Mod-FTIR), an unmodulated source (UnMod-FTIR) and a scanning quantum cascade laser (QCL), part of a dispersive mid infrared (MIR) spectrometer. The targets consisted of PENT 200 μg/cm² deposited on aluminum plates placed at 1 m from the sources. The evaluation of the three modalities was aimed at verifying the influence of the highly collimated laser beam in the detection in comparison with the other sources. The Mod-FTIR performed better than QCL source in terms of the MIR signal intensity decrease with increasing angle.

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Leonardo C. Pacheco-Londoño, John R. Castro-Suarez, Joaquín A. Aparicio-Bolaños, and Samuel P. Hernández-Rivera "Angular dependence of source-target-detector in active mode standoff infrared detection", Proc. SPIE 8711, Sensors, and Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Technologies for Homeland Security and Homeland Defense XII, 871108 (6 June 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2016153

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