New Laser developed by the Scientists to assist in Detecting Roadside Bombs
- A new laser developed by Researchers at Michigan State University
- United State Department of Homeland Security funded the research and it was published in the journal Applied Physics Letters
- The laser has the sensitivity and selectivity to look into large areas and detect improvised explosive devices, which cause 60% of coalition soldiers’ deaths in Afghanistan
- The Laser can precisely identify roadside bombs and aids recognize improvised explosive devices (IEDs)
- The laser combines short pulses that cause molecules in the explosive to vibrate
- Each type of molecule has special vibration frequency that exclusively find the material
- But, the new laser can make differentiation even for amounts as little as a fraction of a billionth of a gram
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