Using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy, we have measured the temperature dependence of the far-infrared vibrational modes of a number of illegal drugs and high explosives that are of interest to the forensic and security services. Well-resolved low-frequency absorption peaks were observed in the frequency range 0.3 - 3.0 THz and over the temperature range 4 - 296K, some of which were found to become more intense and shift to higher frequencies as the temperature was reduced. Our results confirm that the low-frequency collective modes are highly sensitive to the structural and spatial arrangement of molecules.


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    Title :

    Temperature-Dependent Far-Infrared Spectra of Explosives and Drugs Measured by Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy


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    Publication date :

    2006-09-01


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    1256070 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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