Terahertz study of 1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine by time-domain and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Feng Huang, Brian Schulkin, Hakan Altan, John F. Federici, Dale E. Gary, Robert Barat, David Zimdars, Minghan Chen, D. B. Tanner

Applied Physics Letters · 2004 · 133 citations · 5 references

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Abstract

This letter describes the use of THz time-domain spectroscopy (TDS) applied in transmission to the secondary explosive 1,3,5 trinitro-s-triazine. Samples were also subjected to Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy over the same range for comparison. A detailed spectroscopy study is presented. General agreement between results from both methods confirms the absorption features found. A comparison study with computer molecular simulations shows that THz-TDS is sensitive to collective modes or vibrational modes of material.

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