Application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to in situ analysis of liquid samples

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2248-2262

  Samek, Ota ^a,b,e   Beddows, Dave C S ^b   Kaiser, Jozef ^a   Kukhlevsky, Sergei V ^c   Liška, Miroslav ^a   Telle, Helmut H ^b   Young, Jim ^d  

^a BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^d Unit 8   (United Kingdom)

^e MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIQUIDS; PLASMAS; REMOTE SENSING;

IN SITU ANALYSIS; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA PARAMETERS;

SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0034247941     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1304855     Document Type: Article

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