摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of detecting organic materials using terahertz spectroscopy. <P>SOLUTION: Disclosed herein is a method of detecting organic materials, and more particularly, a method of detecting organic materials using terahertz spectroscopy. The method of detecting organic material using terahertz spectroscopy includes suspending an organic material in a medium to form a sample; irradiating the sample with an illumination beam of electromagnetic radiation, the illumination beam having a plurality of frequencies in the range of about 100 GHz to about 2 THz; detecting irradiation transmitted through and/or reflected from the sample; and analyzing the detected irradiation to identify the organic material. In the method, the medium is selected from the group consisting of agar, guar gum, gellan gum, carrageenan, xanthan gum, fibrous sodium pectate, and other agar substitutes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |