Date of Award
1-1-2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D. in Physics
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Richard Raspet
Second Advisor
Bonnie A. Avery
Third Advisor
Vyacheslav Aranchuk
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
There will unfortunately always be a pressing need to detect and identify explosive materials. Performing detection at a standoff distance is much safer and this is the impetus for this work. Photoacoustic spectroscopy is well suited to the task of explosive detection at a standoff distance. A detailed theory of the standoff measurement of the physical response of a system to photoacoustic excitation with an interferometric sensor has been constructed and tested. The use of this methodology to measure the standoff photoacoustic spectrum of TNT with an interferometric sensor has clearly been demonstrated. This methodology and the tested theory can both be used to examine pressing problems in explosive detection and characterization.
Recommended Citation
Marcus, Logan, "Standoff Laser Interferometric Photoacoustic Spectroscopy for the Detection of Explosives" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1512.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/1512