Conference Title: 2012 NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Detection of Explosives and CBRN (Using Terahertz)

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Conference Dates: 11/3/2012 to 11/6/2012

Location: Cesme

City: Izmir

Country: Turkey

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Conference Scope: The main focus of this workshop is on novel materials, concepts and device designs for generating and detecting THz (0.3 THz to 10 THz) and Mid Infrared (10 THz to 100 THz) radiation for the detection of explosives and CBRN agents. CBRN is an initialism for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear. CBRN agents, explosives and illegal drugs can be detected by their characteristic absorption spectra at THz frequencies with high selectivity and resolution in applications fields as industrial quality inspection control, customs inspection and security screening. Moreover, MIR and THz radiation has no endangering effects on human beings and enables higher contrast for soft matter than x-rays. In comparison to standard optical technologies for wavelengths up to about 2 m, sources and detectors for MIR and THz have not yet reached this level of maturity and there is still a large gap for features like wavelength tunability, spectral purity, high power and room temperature operation.

Conference Keywords: nato, advanced, research, detection, explosives, cbrn, terahertz, thz radiation, mid infrared radiation, explosives detection, illegal drugs detection, cbrn agents

Conference Focus: Application,Scientific/Academic

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