Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in water: Improvement of the detection threshold by signal processing

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 1002-1013

  Lazic, V ^a   Colao, F ^a   Fantoni, R ^a   Spizzicchino, V ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data processing; Detection threshold; Double pulse; LIBS; Water

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DATA PROCESSING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER PULSES; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; OSCILLATIONS; PLASMAS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER;

DETECTION THRESHOLD; DOUBLE PULSES; LIBS; SPECTRAL FILTERING;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 25444477774     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2005.06.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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