Lidar/DIAL detection of bomb factories

Luca Fiorani; Adriana Puiu; Olga Rosa; Antonio Palucci

doi:10.1117/12.2028362

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15 October 2013 Lidar/DIAL detection of bomb factories

Luca Fiorani, Adriana Puiu, Olga Rosa, Antonio Palucci

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Proceedings Volume 8897, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VII; and Military Applications in Hyperspectral Imaging and High Spatial Resolution Sensing; 889707 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028362
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2013, Dresden, Germany

Abstract

One of the aims of the project BONAS (BOmb factory detection by Networks of Advanced Sensors) is to develop a lidar/DIAL (differential absorption lidar) to detect precursors employed in the manufacturing of improvised explosive devices (IEDs). At first, a spectroscopic study has been carried out: the infrared (IR) gas phase spectrum of acetone, one of the more important IED precursors, has been procured from available databases and checked with cell measurements. Then, the feasibility of a lidar/DIAL for the detection of acetone vapors has been shown in laboratory, simulating the experimental conditions of a field campaign. Eventually, having in mind measurements in a real scenario, an interferent study has been performed, looking for all known compounds that share with acetone IR absorption in the spectral band selected for its detection. Possible interfering species were investigated, simulating both urban and industrial atmospheres and limits of acetone detection in both environments were identified. This study confirmed that a lidar/DIAL can detect low concentration of acetone at considerable distances.

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Luca Fiorani, Adriana Puiu, Olga Rosa, and Antonio Palucci "Lidar/DIAL detection of bomb factories", Proc. SPIE 8897, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Photonic Technologies, and Applications VII; and Military Applications in Hyperspectral Imaging and High Spatial Resolution Sensing, 889707 (15 October 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2028362

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