Monitoring Health Status and Quality Assessment of Leaves Using Terahertz Frequency

Zahid, A., Abbas, H. T. , Sheikh, F., Kaiser, T., Zoha, A. , Imran, M. A. and Abbasi, Q. H. (2019) Monitoring Health Status and Quality Assessment of Leaves Using Terahertz Frequency. In: 2019 IEEE Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, 07-12 Jul 2019, pp. 379-380. ISBN 9781728106922 (doi: 10.1109/APUSNCURSINRSM.2019.8889356)

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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.

Item Type:Conference Proceedings
Additional Information:The research work in this paper has been funded EPSRC and (partially) by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft-DFG) under the framework of SFB TRR-196 for the Project M01.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Zoha, Dr Ahmed and Abbasi, Professor Qammer and Imran, Professor Muhammad and Sheikh, Fawad and Zahid, Mr Adnan and Abbas, Dr Hasan
Authors: Zahid, A., Abbas, H. T., Sheikh, F., Kaiser, T., Zoha, A., Imran, M. A., and Abbasi, Q. H.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering
College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering
College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
ISSN:1947-1491
ISBN:9781728106922
Published Online:31 October 2019
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2019 IEEE
First Published:First published in 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting: 379-380
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy
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