Effect of laser parameters on laser ablation and laser-induced plasma formation: A numerical modeling investigation

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1280-1307

  Bogaerts, Annemie ^a   Chen, Zhaoyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Laser ablation; Laser absorption; Laser parameters; Laser induced plasma; LIBS; Modeling; Plume expansion

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; IONIZATION; LASER ABLATION; LASER DAMAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; THERMAL PLUMES;

LASER ABSORPTION; LASER PARAMETERS; LASER-INDUCED PLASMAS; LIBS; MODELING; PLUME EXPANSION;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 26844446519     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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