%A DD Tuschel
%A AV Mikhonin
%A BE Lemoff
%A SA Asher
%J Applied Spectroscopy
%T Deep ultraviolet resonance raman excitation enables explosives detection
%X We measured the 229 nm absolute ultraviolet (UV) Raman cross-sections of the explosives trinitrotoluene (TNT), pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), cyclotrimethylene-trinitramine (RDX), the chemically related nitroamine explosive HMX, and ammonium nitrate in solution. The 229 nm Raman cross-sections are 1000-fold greater than those excited in the near-infrared and visible spectral regions. Deep UV resonance Raman spectroscopy enables detection of explosives at parts-per-billion (ppb) concentrations and may prove useful for stand-off spectroscopic detection of explosives. ? 2010 Society for Applied Spectroscopy.
%N 4
%P 425 - 432
%V 64
%D 2010
%R 10.1366/000370210791114194
%L pittir17245