Terahertz (THz), Mid Infrared (MIR) and Near Infrared (NIR) Technologies for Protection of Critical Infrastructures Against Explosives and CBRN

<p></p><p>Critical infrastructures are targets for terrorism and deliver a<br> valuable vector through which the proliferation of CBRN and explosive<br> precursors can be detected. Recent technological breakthroughs,<br> notably in the field of near infrared (NIR), mid infrared (MIR),<br> Terahertz (THz) and Gigahertz (GHz) sources and detectors, have led to<br> rugged commercial devices, capable of standoff sensing a range of<br> these dangerous substances. However, at the same time criminal and<br> terrorist organizations have also benefited from the availability of<br> technologies to increase the threat they pose to the security of<br> citizens and a concerted effort is needed to improve early detection<br> measures to identify activities, such as the production of homemade<br> explosives or CBRN that can be potentially dangerous to society. The<br> key global technological bottleneck to be overcome is the current lack<br> of integration and networking of mature detection technology into<br> early warning systems for critical infrastructures. Thus, this book<br> brings together complementary information connecting the research of<br> leading teams working on critical Infrastructure protection with<br> academic developers and industrial producers of state of the art<br> sensors. <br></p><p></p>