Discrimination and identification of plastic landmine casings by single-shot broadband LIBS

Russell S. Harmon; Frank C. DeLucia; Aaron LaPointe; Raymond J. Winkel Jr.; Andrzej W. Miziolek

doi:10.1117/12.606598

10 June 2005 Discrimination and identification of plastic landmine casings by single-shot broadband LIBS

Russell S. Harmon, Frank C. DeLucia, Aaron LaPointe, Raymond J. Winkel Jr., Andrzej W. Miziolek

Proceedings Volume 5794, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets X; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606598
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) spectra were collected under laboratory conditions and compiled in a library for a suite of plastic landmine casings and a variety of non-mine plastic materials on two occasions during 2004 using a Nd-YAG laser and a high-resolution broadband spectrometer to collect the full 200-980 nm LIBS spectrum.. The landmine casings examined included a broad selection of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines from different countries of manufacture. Two 'blind' tests were conducted in which LIBS spectra for the landmine casings and plastics were compared with a previously-constructed material spectral library. Using a linear correlation software, 'mine/no mine' determinations were correctly made for >90% of the samples in both tests.

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Russell S. Harmon, Frank C. DeLucia, Aaron LaPointe, Raymond J. Winkel Jr., and Andrzej W. Miziolek "Discrimination and identification of plastic landmine casings by single-shot broadband LIBS", Proc. SPIE 5794, Detection and Remediation Technologies for Mines and Minelike Targets X, (10 June 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606598

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