Laser-induced acoustic imaging of buried land mines: experiment and modeling

The use for subsurface buried object detection of high-frequency (15-30 kHz) acoustic waves generated by CO2 laser pulses incident on the surface of dry sand has been demonstrated previously. In this work, field tests of the technique have demonstrated imaging of landmine simulants buried 2.5 cm bel...

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Main Authors: McKnight, S, Stott, J, Dimarzio, C, Cleveland, R, Roy, R
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Published: Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers 2001
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Stott, J
Dimarzio, C
Cleveland, R
Roy, R
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Roy, R
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description The use for subsurface buried object detection of high-frequency (15-30 kHz) acoustic waves generated by CO2 laser pulses incident on the surface of dry sand has been demonstrated previously. In this work, field tests of the technique have demonstrated imaging of landmine simulants buried 2.5 cm below the surface in an outdoor test track. Acoustic finite-difference time-domain calculations have given insight into the observed acoustic lineshapes and verified that the over-estimate of the target dimensions in the outdoor field trials may be related to the lower frequency detector used in these measurements. The models also suggest that a large increase in detected signal may potentially be gained by the use of a Laser Doppler Vibrometer interfacial velocity detector in the place of the present airborne microphone.
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spelling oxford-uuid:cd08232f-466e-4457-8fc7-09e5e485a1882022-03-27T07:25:56ZLaser-induced acoustic imaging of buried land mines: experiment and modelingConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:cd08232f-466e-4457-8fc7-09e5e485a188Symplectic Elements at OxfordSociety of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers2001McKnight, SStott, JDimarzio, CCleveland, RRoy, RThe use for subsurface buried object detection of high-frequency (15-30 kHz) acoustic waves generated by CO2 laser pulses incident on the surface of dry sand has been demonstrated previously. In this work, field tests of the technique have demonstrated imaging of landmine simulants buried 2.5 cm below the surface in an outdoor test track. Acoustic finite-difference time-domain calculations have given insight into the observed acoustic lineshapes and verified that the over-estimate of the target dimensions in the outdoor field trials may be related to the lower frequency detector used in these measurements. The models also suggest that a large increase in detected signal may potentially be gained by the use of a Laser Doppler Vibrometer interfacial velocity detector in the place of the present airborne microphone.
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Laser-induced acoustic imaging of buried land mines: experiment and modeling
title Laser-induced acoustic imaging of buried land mines: experiment and modeling
title_full Laser-induced acoustic imaging of buried land mines: experiment and modeling
title_fullStr Laser-induced acoustic imaging of buried land mines: experiment and modeling
title_full_unstemmed Laser-induced acoustic imaging of buried land mines: experiment and modeling
title_short Laser-induced acoustic imaging of buried land mines: experiment and modeling
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