By Kashyap, Improvised explosive devices are perhaps the greatest security threat for the world fighting terrorism. It is hence required to find out ways and means to detect these explosives and destroy them while using non destructive detecting systems. To solve this difficulty of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan a research group from Michigan State University has invented a new LASER which can search even a billionth of gram of explosive in populated areas.Identifying specific explosive molecules from a hoard of different molecules is apparently an impossible task. The LASER developed by the research group hence makes use of two types of LASER beams; the short pulses and the long pulses. When directed on a particular substance, the short pulse beam vibrates the molecules of suspected explosive while the long pulse captures the frequencies of these molecules and identifies each of the molecules accurately. Read Full: Digital Crunch: LASER Can Now Detect Roadside Bombs!
Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Digital Crunch: LASER Can Now Detect Roadside Bombs!
By Kashyap, Improvised explosive devices are perhaps the greatest security threat for the world fighting terrorism. It is hence required to find out ways and means to detect these explosives and destroy them while using non destructive detecting systems. To solve this difficulty of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan a research group from Michigan State University has invented a new LASER which can search even a billionth of gram of explosive in populated areas.Identifying specific explosive molecules from a hoard of different molecules is apparently an impossible task. The LASER developed by the research group hence makes use of two types of LASER beams; the short pulses and the long pulses. When directed on a particular substance, the short pulse beam vibrates the molecules of suspected explosive while the long pulse captures the frequencies of these molecules and identifies each of the molecules accurately. Read Full: Digital Crunch: LASER Can Now Detect Roadside Bombs!