TY - CONF A1 - Krumbholz, N. A1 - Jansen, A. A1 - Scheller, M. A1 - Müller-Wirts, T. A1 - Lübbecke, S. A1 - Holzwarth, R. A1 - Scheunemann, R. A1 - Wilk, R. A1 - Sartorius, B. A1 - Roehle, H. A1 - Stanze, D. A1 - Beckmann, Jörg A1 - von Chrzanowski, Lars A1 - Ewert, Uwe A1 - Koch, M. ED - Keith A. Krapels, ED - Neil A. Salmon, T1 - Handheld terahertz spectrometer for the detection of liquid explosives T2 - Millimetre wave and terahertz sensors and technology II (Proceedings of SPIE) N2 - We present a handheld fiber-coupled terahertz spectrometer operating at a center wavelength of 1550 nm. The key elements are a fs-fiber laser, a fiber stretcher delay line and fiber-coupled antennas, which contain novel InAlAs-InGaAs multi layer chips. First experimental data obtained with this system demonstrates its great potential and robustness. In addition, we investigate different hazardous and harmless liquids in reflection geometry. These experiments show that liquids are in principle distinguishable by terahertz spectroscopy. Finally, first steps towards an algorithm that allows for an extraction of the liquids dielectric properties are discussed. The algorithm works for the analysis of reflection data even if the liquid is located inside a container. KW - Handheld terahertz spectrometer KW - Liquid explosives PY - 2009 DO - https://doi.org/10.1117/12.830381 SN - 0277-786X VL - 7485 SP - 748504-1 - 748504-12 AN - OPUS4-20268 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -