Introducing a Novel Technique of Detecting Fruits Contaminations Using Terahertz Sensing

Aifeng Ren, Adnan Zahid, Muhammad Ali Imran, Akram Alomainy, Qammer H. Abbasi

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Abstract

This paper mainly presents preliminary results by employing terahertz technology for determining the moisture content (MC) of fruits slices over the course of seven days. In this paper, a novel technique has been presented to determine the transmission and path-loss response of fruits during the loss of moisture content by employing the integrated system of vector network analyzer (VNA) techniques and Swissto12 system over the frequency range from 0.75 THz to 1.1 THz. The results presented in this paper showed that the decreasing MC with the every passing day caused the differences in transmission and path-loss response, which further indicates that the different concentration of substances in fruit emerges a unique absorption characteristic. The application proposed here can be employed for the feasible and non-invasive method of determining the quality control of fruits.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT)
PublisherIEEE
Pages58-61
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538682692
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jun 2019
Event2019 International Workshop on Antenna Technology - Miami, United States
Duration: 3 Mar 20196 Mar 2019

Conference

Conference2019 International Workshop on Antenna Technology
Abbreviated titleiWAT 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami
Period3/03/196/03/19

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