Terahertz/millimeter wave characterizations of soils for mine detection: Transmission and scattering

    Authors

    T. W. Du Bosq; R. E. Peale;G. D. Boreman

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. J. Infrared Millimeter Waves

    Keywords

    millimeter wave measurements; scattering; soil measurements; spectroscopy; terahertz radiation; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

    Abstract

    The detection of anti-personnel mines depends on the soil transmission and scattering at a given wavelength. Transmission spectra were measured over the range 90-4200 GHz for 19 soil samples that span a number of soil orders that have extensive worldwide distribution using a vector network analyzer (90-140 GHz) and a Fourier spectrometer (120-4200 GHz). Transmission drops to nearly zero for wavelengths shorter than the characteristic particle size of the sample as a consequence of scattering. This interpretation is supported by a fit to a standard scattering model with physically reasonable fitting parameters. Transmission spectra were also measured for various liquids (90-600 GHz) for possible index matching. These liquids were mixed with the soil sample and were found to reduce scattering and increase transmission through the soil at higher frequencies. This work is relevant to mine detection using terahertz and millimeter wave radiation for high resolution images through the soil.

    Journal Title

    International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

    Volume

    29

    Issue/Number

    8

    Publication Date

    1-1-2008

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    769

    Last Page

    781

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000256755700006

    ISSN

    0195-9271

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