Published September 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Narrow gated Raman and luminescence of explosives

  • 1. Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900 (Israel)
  • 2. Jack and Pearl Resnick Institute for Advanced Technology, Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900 (Israel)
  • 3. School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (Israel)
  • 4. Laser Detect Systems (LDS), Granit 11 Street, Petach Tikva (Israel)

Description

Narrow gated Raman spectroscopy is used to detect Raman signals of explosives, which are usually screened by their intrinsic or background luminescence. It was found that the Raman/luminescence ratio is improved by 2-10 times with gate width of 500 ps compared to the 10 ns gate. It enables in certain cases to combine the luminescence suppression by gating with higher identification ability of Raman signals achievable with green excitation.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2009.04.008

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jlumin.2009.04.008;
PII
S0022-2313(09)00188-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Luminescence
Journal Volume
129
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
p. 979-983
ISSN
0022-2313
CODEN
JLUMA8

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41112783
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
EXCITATION; EXPLOSIVES; INHIBITION; LUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SIGNALS
Descriptors DEC
EMISSION; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTON EMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY

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