From Event: SPIE LASE, 2019
We demonstrate a prototype sensor capable of measuring specular and diffuse reflectance spectra from samples 3.6 m away. The sensor utilizes mid-wave to long-wave infrared supercontinuum light coupled into a rotational FTIR spectrometer to actively probe remote samples. We measure the diffuse reflectance of acetaminophen at 41.77 μg/cm2 on a glass substrate and find that a modified Bobbert-Vlieger analysis can estimate the effects of particle size distribution on return spectra. We find that the measured return from stand-off particulate measurements depends not only on the chemical identity, but also the size and distribution of particles on the substrate.
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Ramon A. Martinez, Kaiwen Guo, Tianqu Zhai, Fred L. Terry, Mohammed N. Islam, Lukasz Maksymiuk, Robert L. Maynard, Michael J. Freeman, Carl A. DeWilde, and Agustin I. Ifarraguerri, "Stand-off FTIR spectroscopy utilizing a long-wave infrared supercontinuum source," Proc. SPIE 10897, Fiber Lasers XVI: Technology and Systems, 108971Q (Presented at SPIE LASE: February 07, 2019; Published: 7 March 2019); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2513908.