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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Charles M. Wynn, Groton, MA (US);
Robert W. Haupt, Lexington, MA (US);
Sumanth Kaushik, Belmont, MA (US);
Stephen T. Palmacci, Arlington, MA (US);
Charles M. Wynn, Groton, MA (US);
Robert W. Haupt, Lexington, MA (US);
Sumanth Kaushik, Belmont, MA (US);
Stephen T. Palmacci, Arlington, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A kit for detecting the presence of an explosive includes a pulsed focused energy source located at a target distance away from a substrate, the energy having a magnitude sufficient to release the internal energy of an explosive if present on the substrate and thereby generate an acoustic wave. The kit also includes a detector adapted to detect the acoustic wave at a detection distance away from the substrate.