A Portable, Low-cost System for Optical Explosive Detection based on a CMOS Camera

Ross N. Gillanders, Iain A. Campbell, Fei Chen, Paulina O. Morawska, Ifor D. W. Samuel, Graham A. Turnbull

2016

Abstract

Humanitarian demining requires a variety of methods and instrumentation for effective mine clearance, since a wide range of materials are used in mine manufacturing. However, landmines release vapours over time that can be detected, for example, by sniffer dogs. Optical sensor systems are especially suited to this application due to the potential for lightweight, portable, low-cost systems that nevertheless have fast response times and ppb-level sensitivity to explosive vapours. In this paper we present a system for detection based on a low-cost Raspberry Pi platform with an integrated CMOS camera. The conjugated polymers Super Yellow and Polyfluorene are excited by an LED, and the quenching effect by DNB vapour is monitored by the camera to indicate the presence of explosives. The system shows potential as a user-friendly, lightweight platform for explosive vapour sensing.

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Gillanders R., Campbell I., Chen F., Morawska P., Samuel I. and Turnbull G. (2016). A Portable, Low-cost System for Optical Explosive Detection based on a CMOS Camera . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS, ISBN 978-989-758-174-8, pages 130-134. DOI: 10.5220/0005739801300134


in Bibtex Style

@conference{photoptics16,
author={Ross N. Gillanders and Iain A. Campbell and Fei Chen and Paulina O. Morawska and Ifor D. W. Samuel and Graham A. Turnbull},
title={A Portable, Low-cost System for Optical Explosive Detection based on a CMOS Camera},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,},
year={2016},
pages={130-134},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005739801300134},
isbn={978-989-758-174-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Photonics, Optics and Laser Technology - Volume 1: PHOTOPTICS,
TI - A Portable, Low-cost System for Optical Explosive Detection based on a CMOS Camera
SN - 978-989-758-174-8
AU - Gillanders R.
AU - Campbell I.
AU - Chen F.
AU - Morawska P.
AU - Samuel I.
AU - Turnbull G.
PY - 2016
SP - 130
EP - 134
DO - 10.5220/0005739801300134