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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 103, Issue 52, Pages 19630-19634Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609789104
Keywords
quantum cascade lasers; high-power lasers; continuous-wave operation; room temperature operation; TNT detection
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We report high-sensitivity detection of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) by using laser photoacoustic spectroscopy where the laser radiation is obtained from a continuous-wave room temperature high-power quantum cascade laser in an external grating cavity geometry. The external grating cavity quantum cascade laser is continuously tunable over approximate to 400 nm around 7.3 mu m and produces a maximum continuous-wave power of approximate to 200 mW. The IR spectroscopic signature of TNT is sufficiently different from that of nitroglycerine so that unambiguous detection of TNT without false positives from traces of nitroglycerine is possible. We also report the results of spectroscopy of acetylene in the 7.3-mu m region to demonstrate continuous tunability of the IR source.
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