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
  

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2011