Explosives detection and identification using surface plasmon-coupled emission

Shiou-Jyh Ja

doi:10.1117/12.919877

4 May 2012 Explosives detection and identification using surface plasmon-coupled emission

Shiou-Jyh Ja

Proceedings Volume 8358, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XIII; 83580S (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919877
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2012, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Abstract

To fight against the explosives-related threats in defense and homeland security applications, a smarter sensing device that not only detects but differentiates multiple true threats from false positives caused by environmental interferents is essential. A new optical detection system is proposed to address these issues by using the temporal and spectroscopic information generated by the surface plasmon coupling emission (SPCE) effect. Innovative SPCE optics have been designed using Zemax software to project the fluorescence signal into clear "rainbow rings" on a CCD with subnanometer wavelength resolution. The spectroscopic change of the fluorescence signal and the time history of such changes due to the presence of a certain explosive analyte are unique and can be used to identify explosives. Thanks to high optical efficiency, reporter depositions as small as 160-μm in diameter can generate a sufficient signal, allowing a dense array of different reporters to be interrogated with wavelength multiplexing and detect a wide range of explosives. We have demonstrated detection and classification of explosives, such as TNT, NT, NM, RDX, PETN, and AN, with two sensing materials in a prototype.

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Shiou-Jyh Ja "Explosives detection and identification using surface plasmon-coupled emission", Proc. SPIE 8358, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) Sensing XIII, 83580S (4 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.919877

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