Identification and quantitative analysis of chemical compounds based on multiscale linear fitting of terahertz spectra

Terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy is considered as an attractive tool for the analysis of chemical composition. The traditional methods for identification and quantitative analysis of chemical compounds by THz spectroscopy are all based on full-spectrum data. However, intrinsic features of th...

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Published in:Optical engineering 2014-07, Vol.53 (7), p.074102-074102
Main Authors: Qiao, Lingbo, Wang, Yingxin, Zhao, Ziran, Chen, Zhiqiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemical compounds
Disturbances
Fittings
Quantitative analysis
Recognition
Spectroscopy
Strategy
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Summary:Terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy is considered as an attractive tool for the analysis of chemical composition. The traditional methods for identification and quantitative analysis of chemical compounds by THz spectroscopy are all based on full-spectrum data. However, intrinsic features of the THz spectrum only lie in absorption peaks due to existence of disturbances, such as unexpected components, scattering effects, and barrier materials. We propose a strategy that utilizes Lorentzian parameters of THz absorption peaks, extracted by a multiscale linear fitting method, for both identification of pure chemicals and quantitative analysis of mixtures. The multiscale linear fitting method can automatically remove background content and accurately determine Lorentzian parameters of the absorption peaks. The high recognition rate for 16 pure chemical compounds and the accurate predicted concentrations for theophylline-lactose mixtures demonstrate the practicability of our approach.
ISSN:0091-3286
1560-2303
DOI:10.1117/1.OE.53.7.074102