Emission following laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of organic compounds in ambient air

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2835-2842

  Portnov, Alexander ^a   Rosenwaks, Salman ^a   Bar, Ilana ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Inst Appl Res   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC FRAGMENTS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0041882107     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.002835     Document Type: Article

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