Identification of textile fiber by terahertz spectroscopy

Toru Kurabayashi, Fumiya Saitoh, Nobue Watanabe, Takenori Tanno
2010 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves  
We developed a novel differentiation technique for most textile fibers using terahertz (THz) transmittance spectroscopy. As demonstrations, several kinds of plant-derived fibers, animal fibers, and artificial fibers were milled at 77K, and were examined by THz spectroscopy in the range from 0.5 to 6.2 THz. Absorption spectra of a majority of textile fibers are distinguishable by THz spectroscopy, even for fibers in the same category or species. The advantage of this technique is its sensitivity
more » ... to the structural differences of the textile fibers, even if they consist largely of the same components.
doi:10.1109/icimw.2010.5612566 fatcat:zw2b76ioibcirpefgb76wlc2x4