Investigation of optical signals (w7701-176189/a) Tender - 8366269

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Country: Canada

Summary: Investigation of optical signals (w7701-176189/a)

Deadline: 18 Oct 2016

Posting Date: 28 Sep 2016

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TOT Ref.No.: 8366269

Document Ref. No.: PW-$QCL-038-16878

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fournier, annie

telephone no. - (418) 649-2775

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(a) title
investigation of optical signal related to biological and chemical materials
(b) description of work
study the phenomenology of the optical and infrared signals from chemical and biological material; process and analyze these signals from acquired data set during either field trial, including aerial, or laboratory data acquisition campaign. To accomplish this objective, it will be necessary to: develop and/or modify mechanical equipment or components for interfacing or integrating to other systems, develop and modify software tools and provide support to airborne operations.
context/background
biological material emits fluorescence once excited by ultra-violet (uv) light following the presence of fluorophore. In particular, when using a laser source, biological samples generate visible light and this technique is called laser induced fluorescence (lif). A team at defence research and development (r&d) canada - valcartier has developed a strong expertise in biological threat detection using this type of technique.
stand-off integrated bioaerosol active hyperspectral detection (sinbahd), a staring light detection and ranging (lidar) based bioaerosol sensor has been developed in 1999-2002 and it demonstrated the capability of using spectrometric uv lif coupled with intensified range-gated camera to detect and characterize bioaerosols from a standoff position. Sinbahd is no longer in operation.
the biosense project, which began in 2005, intended to merge sinbahd technology with a geo-referenced near-infrared (nir) lidar cloud mapper. The objective of biosense is to demonstrate that this technology can be used to map, track, and classify bioaerosol threats from multi-kilometre distances with detection and false alarm rates compatible with cf operational requirements. The classification algorithms rely on the availability of a signature database: a library. This library includes spectral uv- lif signature previously collected by either the same sensor during well-controlled measurement or a different sensor combined with a proper calibration procedure. Biosense is owned by defence r&d canada valcartier

and still in operation.
a laboratory benchtop bioaerosol chamber version 2 (bbc2) has been developed to characterize fluorescent aerosols under controlled environmental conditions. The chamber objectives are to confirm the results obtained with the field lidar systemsand to collect signatures of various fluorescing aerosols to populate the library at reduced logistic load and costs. The bbc2 is owned by defence r&d canada valcartier and still in operation.
sr-biospectra, a compact short-range spectrom

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