Multilayer Optical Filters for Automatic Detection of Analytes in Mixtures with Interferrants - Basic Research in Materials and Techniques

Abstract

Research during the second year of the USC optical computing project demonstrated that imaging multivariate optical elements (IMOEs) could be designed, fabricated and characterized. Results of the first MOE tests showed that the angle-independent performance anticipated in Y1 of this project is a practical possibility. Measurements were made on the UV-Vis, near-infrared and mid-infrared spectral characteristics of one bacterial spores type, specifically, the bacillus, BG, and comparisons to papers of many types were made. The results showed that these spores were distinguishable from typical papers in the UV-blue region, the 1500 nm region, and throughout the mid-IR. A prototype camera system based on an IMOE was constructed and demonstrated to work in the UV-Vis region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2003
Accession Number
ADA418372

Entities

People

  • Michael L. Myrick

Organizations

  • University of South Carolina

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algorithms
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Angle Of Incidence
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemistry
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Films
  • Light Sources
  • Measurement
  • Optical Detection
  • Optics
  • Optoelectronics
  • Organic Compounds
  • Spores

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  • Military/Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Technology
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Spectroscopy.