Abstract-Nondestructive monitoring of aircraft composites using terahertz radiation

N.S. Balbekin ; Evgenii Novoselov (Institutionen för mikroteknologi och nanovetenskap, Terahertz- och millimetervågsteknik ) ; P.V. Pavlov ; V.G. Bespalov ; N.V. Petrov

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE. Saratov Fall Meeting 2014: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine XVI Laser Physics and Photonics XVI and Computational Biophysics, SFM 2014, Saratov, Russian Federation, 23-26 September 2014 (1605-7422). Vol. 9448 (2014), 

http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/publication/215126-nondestructive-monitoring-of-aircraft-composites-using-terahertz-radiation

In this paper we consider using the terahertz (THz) time domain spectroscopy (TDS) for non destructive testing and determining the chemical composition of the vanes and rotor-blade spars. A versatile terahertz spectrometer for reflection and transmission has been used for experiments. We consider the features of measured terahertz signal in temporal and spectral domains during propagation through and reflecting from various defects in investigated objects, such as voids and foliation. We discuss requirements are applicable to the setup and are necessary to produce an image of these defects, such as signal-to-noise ratio and a method for registration THz radiation. Obtained results indicated the prospects of the THz TDS method for the inspection of defects and determination of the particularities of chemical composition of aircraft parts.