Abstract-Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy for textile identification

Terahertz time-domain spectroscopy for textile identification M. Naftaly, J. F. Molloy, G. V. Lanskii, K. A. Kokh, and Yu. M. Andreev  »View Author Affiliations

http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?uri=ao-52-19-4433

Applied Optics, Vol. 52, Issue 19, pp. 4433-4437 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.52.004433

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A range of natural and artificial textiles are examined using terahertz time-domain spectroscopy. Different types of textiles are shown to have different terahertz optical properties, which may be employed for textile identification and to combat textile counterfeiting.

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