Study of the double-pulse setup with an orthogonal beam geometry for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 975-986

  Gautier, Céline ^a   Fichet, Pascal ^a   Menut, Denis ^a   Lacour, Jean Luc ^a   L'Hermite, Daniel ^a   Dubessy, Jean ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Double pulse; Echelle spectrometer; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; IONIC CONDUCTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

DOUBLE PULSE; ECHELLE SPECTROSCOPY; INTENSIFIED CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES (ICCD); LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS);

LASER ABLATION;

EID: 3242786505     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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