Effect of laser pulse energies in laser induced breakdown spectroscopy in double-pulse configuration

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1392-1401

  Benedetti, P A ^a   Cristoforetti, G ^a   Legnaioli, S ^a   Palleschi, V ^a   Pardini, L ^a   Salvetti, A ^a   Tognoni, E ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Double pulse; Laser; LIBS; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SHOCK WAVES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DOUBLE PULSES; LIBS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 28144442940     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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