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OPTICS EXPRESS
Volume 23, Issue 2, Pages 912-928Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.000912
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- Scottish Enterprise Explosive Detection Platform
- UK Ministry of Defence
- Small Business Research Initiative
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [ST/K000063/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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A widely tunable active coherent laser spectrometer (ACLaS) has been demonstrated for standoff detection of broadband absorbers in the 1280 to 1318 cm(-1) spectral region using an external cavity quantum cascade laser as a mid-infrared source. The broad tuning range allows detection and quantification of vapor phase molecules, such as dichloroethane, ethylene glycol dinitrate, and tetrafluoroethane. The level of confidence in molecular mixing ratios retrieved from interfering spectral measurements is assessed in a quantitative manner. A first qualitative demonstration of condensed phase chemical detection on nitroacetanilide has also been conducted. Detection performances of the broadband ACLaS have been placed in the context of explosive detection and compared to that obtained using distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers. (C) 2015 Optical Society of America
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