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Polarization orientation dependence of the far infrared spectra of oriented single crystals of 1,3,5-trinitro-S-triazine (RDX) using terahertz time–domain spectroscopy

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The far infrared spectra of (100), (010), and (001)-oriented RDX single crystals were measured as the crystal was rotated about the axis perpendicular to the polarization plane of the incident radiation. Absorption measurements were taken at temperatures of both 20 K and 295 K for all rotations using terahertz time–domain spectroscopy. A number of discrete absorptions were found ranging from 10–100 cm−1 (0.3–3 THz). The absorptions are highly dependent on the orientation of the terahertz polarization with respect to crystallographic axes.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Frank Abeyta for sample holder design and fabrication. This work was supported in part by the Office of Naval Research and was performed at Los Alamos National Laboratory, operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC, for the National Nuclear Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC52-06NA25396. Jeffrey Barber was supported in part by the Department of Homeland Security under contract DTFACT-03-C-00042.

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  1. DE Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    V. H. Whitley, D. E. Hooks & K. J. Ramos

  2. MPA-CINT, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 87545, USA

    J. F. O’Hara, A. K. Azad & A. J. Taylor

  3. Battelle, 2900 Fire Rd., Suite 201, Egg Harbor Twp, NJ, 08234, USA

    J. Barber

  4. Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    R. D. Averitt

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Whitley, V.H., Hooks, D.E., Ramos, K.J. et al. Polarization orientation dependence of the far infrared spectra of oriented single crystals of 1,3,5-trinitro-S-triazine (RDX) using terahertz time–domain spectroscopy. Anal Bioanal Chem 395, 315–322 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-009-2741-9

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