Terahertz Frequency Continuous-Wave Spectroscopy and Imaging of Explosive Substances

Table 1

Absorption spectral peaks found in spectroscopic experiments performed in this study compared to the peaks that are expected from previous THz spectroscopic studies [10, 11].

Explosive; compound	Experimental spectral peaks; (THz)	Spectral peaks from; Lui et al. [10]; (THz)	Spectral peaks from; Tribe et al. [11]; (THz)
RDX	0.83, 1.04, 1.51	0.82, 1.05, 1.50, 1.96, 2.20, 3.08	0.72, 1.26, 1.73
HMX	1.45	1.78, 2.51, 2.82	1.58, 1.91, 2.21, 2.57
PETN	1.78	2.0, 2.84	1.73, 2.51