Monitoring Health Status and Quality Assessment of Leaves Using Terahertz Frequency

Adnan Zahid, Hasan T. Abbas, Fawad Sheikh, Thomas Kaiser, Ahmed Zoha, Muhammad Ali Imran, Qammer H. Abbasi

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Abstract

This paper presents a new and non-invasive electromagnetic technique that utilizes the terahertz frequency waves to monitor the plant health. To do so, the water content of a plant leaf is obtained using the measured scattering response in the frequency range of 0.75 to 1.1 THz. Leaves of three commonly used herbs were observed for four consecutive days and the electromagnetic material parameters such as the permittivity were extracted using a material characterization algorithm. The decreasing moisture level and in turn the plant health can therefore be directly inferred from the leaf permittivity which approaches to that of free space with the passage of days.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
PublisherIEEE
Pages379-380
Number of pages2
ISBN (Electronic)9781728106922
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Oct 2019
Event2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting - Atlanta, United States
Duration: 7 Jul 201912 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
ISSN (Electronic)1947-1491

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting
Abbreviated titleAPSURSI 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period7/07/1912/07/19

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