Laser-induced fluorescence of As, Se and Sb in the inductively coupled plasma

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1955-1963

  Simeonsson, J B ^a   Ezer, M ^a   Pacquette, H L ^a   Preston, S L ^a   Swart, D J ^a  

^a University of Iowa ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Inductively coupled plasma (ICP); Laser induced fluorescence; Stimulated Raman shifting (SRS)

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PLASMAS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SELENIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMAS (ICP); LASER EXCITATION; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE (LIF); SATURATION SPECTRAL ENERGY DENSITY; STIMULATED RAMAN SHIFTING (SRS);

FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031274680     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(97)00083-9     Document Type: Article

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