TY - GEN
T1 - In situ detection for chemical products based on a flexible terahertz pipe
AU - You, Borwen
AU - Lu, Ja Yu
AU - Hattori, Toshiaki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/10/12
Y1 - 2017/10/12
N2 - In situ and remote detection of chemical product is experimentally demonstrated using a continuous-terahertz (THz) wave sensing/imaging system with a Teflon pipe as a scanning arm. Based on THz-refractive-index-sensitive reflection and fast response of electronic THz detector, the reflective THz sensing system can be used to real-time trace and quantitatively analyze the ammonium-chloride aerosols produced by the chemical reaction between hydrochloric acid and ammonia vapors. With a tightly focusing terahertz beam spot, the spatial and concentration distributions of the generated chemical product are successfully mapped out by the 1D scan of the flexible pipe probe. The detection limit for the ammonium-chloride aerosol is estimated to be approximately 165 nmol/mm2. The reliable and compact THz pipe scan system is potentially suitable for practical applications, such as biomedical or industrial fiber endoscopy.
AB - In situ and remote detection of chemical product is experimentally demonstrated using a continuous-terahertz (THz) wave sensing/imaging system with a Teflon pipe as a scanning arm. Based on THz-refractive-index-sensitive reflection and fast response of electronic THz detector, the reflective THz sensing system can be used to real-time trace and quantitatively analyze the ammonium-chloride aerosols produced by the chemical reaction between hydrochloric acid and ammonia vapors. With a tightly focusing terahertz beam spot, the spatial and concentration distributions of the generated chemical product are successfully mapped out by the 1D scan of the flexible pipe probe. The detection limit for the ammonium-chloride aerosol is estimated to be approximately 165 nmol/mm2. The reliable and compact THz pipe scan system is potentially suitable for practical applications, such as biomedical or industrial fiber endoscopy.
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U2 - 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2017.8067161
DO - 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2017.8067161
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85033681094
T3 - International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz
BT - 2017 42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2017
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2017
Y2 - 27 August 2017 through 1 September 2017
ER -