THz for CBRN and Explosives Detection and Diagnosis (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics)

This work is intended to jointly address the development, realization and applications of emitters and detectors of terahertz (THz-0.3 THz up to 10 THz) and their application to diagnostics of CBRN effects and detection of explosives and CBRN. Hazardous substances typically exhibit rotational and vibrational transitions in this region, hence giving access to spectroscopic analysis of a large variety of molecules which play a key role in security as well as various other areas, e.g. air pollution, climate research, industrial process control, agriculture, food industry, workplace safety and medical diagnostics can be monitored by sensing and identifying them via THz (0.3 to 10 THz) and mid infrared (MIR-10 THz to 100 THz) absorption “finger prints”. Most plastics, textiles and paper are nearly transparent for THz radiation. Read more... Abstract: This work is intended to jointly address the development, realization and applications of emitters and detectors of terahertz (THz-0.3 THz up to 10 THz) and their application to diagnostics of CBRN effects and detection of explosives and CBRN. Read more... Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Toward Standoff Sensing of CBRN with THz Waves (Kang Liu, Xi-Cheng Zhang)....Pages 3-10 THz Wave Sensing at ETRO-VUB: Beyond Conventional Limits (V. Matvejev, A. Pourkazemi, H. Alkorre, G. Shkerdin, J. Stiens)....Pages 11-22 Near-Field Characterization of Conductive Micro-resonators for Terahertz Sensing (Irina Khromova, Oleg Mitrofanov)....Pages 23-28 Bio-chemical Process Monitoring with Terahertz Sensor (Y. Zhang, V. Matvejev, S. Declerck, S. Stroobants, G. Pandey, G. He et al.)....Pages 29-36 Submm-Wave Reflection and Transmission Technique for Testing and Monitoring of Biochemical Solutions (A. I. Gubin, S. A. Vitusevich)....Pages 37-42 Radiation Induced Molecular Damage Addressed by Terahertz Spectroscopy – A Theoretical Study (M. Mernea, O. Calborean, I. Vasile, S. Avram, D. F. Mihailescu)....Pages 43-48 Compressive Sensing Imaging at Sub-THz Frequency in Transmission Mode (Vedat Ali Özkan, Yıldız Menteşe, Taylan Takan, Asaf Behzat Şahin, Hakan Altan)....Pages 49-55 Testing of Sub-THz Properties of Bioliquids Using WGM Resonator with Microfluidic Channel (I. A. Protsenko, A. A. Barannik, A. I. Gubin, N. T. Cherpak, S. A. Vitusevich)....Pages 57-62 Optical and THz Evaluation of Components for Gas Sensing Spectroscopy in Hazardous Environments (Dan Sporea, Laura Mihai, Adelina Sporea, Daniel Ighigeanu, Daniel Neguţ)....Pages 63-68 Analysis of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients by Terahertz Spectroscopy (Y. Samet Aytekin, Mustafa Köktürk, Okan Esenturk)....Pages 69-73 Fabrication of Bi2212 Single Crystal Bolometer for Detection of Terahertz Waves (T. Semerci, Y. Demirhan, N. Miyakawa, H. B. Wang, L. Ozyuzer)....Pages 75-83 Integrating THz Sensors/Structures Through Electrowetting in Dielectrics (EWOD) for Security Applications (L. Sirbu, L. Mihai, M. Danila, V. Schiopu, A. Matei, F. Comanescu et al.)....Pages 85-96 Front Matter ....Pages 97-97 The Critical Effect of Hydration on the THz Signatures of Biomolecules and Bioparticles (E. R. Brown, W.-D. Zhang)....Pages 99-112 Anisotropic Medium Approach for the Optical Nonlinearities of Dilute Nitride Superlattices (C. I. Oriaku, T. J. Spencer, M. F. Pereira)....Pages 113-120 Front Matter ....Pages 121-121 Development of Terahertz Frequency Quantum Cascade Lasers for the Applications as Local Oscillators (Y. J. Han, L. H. Li, A. Valavanis, N. Brewster, J. X. Zhu, R. Dong et al.)....Pages 123-134 Broadband Heterogeneous Quantum Cascade Lasers (Manijeh Razeghi, Neelanjan Bandyopadhyay)....Pages 135-143 AlGaAs/GaAs Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser with Gold-Based Metal – Metal Waveguide (Anna Szerling, Kamil Kosiel, Piotr Prokaryn, Michał Szymański, Artur Trajnerowicz, Maciej Sakowicz et al.)....Pages 145-149 Infrared Laser Frequency Combs for Multispecies Gas Detection (M. Vainio, V. Ulvila, L. Halonen)....Pages 151-158 CBRN Defense Using THz Pulse Trains from Semiconductor Disk Lasers (Esa J. Saarinen, Jari Lyytikäinen, Sanna Ranta)....Pages 159-167 Progress in Development of the Resonant Tunneling Diodes as Promising Compact Sources at the THz Gap Bottom (Andres Udal, Martin Jaanus, Gintaras Valušis, Irmantas Kašalynas, Zoran Ikonic, Dragan Indjin)....Pages 169-178 Investigating Glow Discharge Detectors as a Millimeter-Wave/Terahertz Radiation Detection Tool (N. Alasgarzade, M. A. Nebioğlu, T. Takan, I. U. Uzun-Kaymak, A. B. Sahin, H. Altan)....Pages 179-187 The Linewidth Enhancement Factor of Dilute Nitride Intersubband Lasers Without Inversion (Mauro Fernandes Pereira)....Pages 189-194