Spectroscopy of laser plumes for atto-mole and ng/g elemental analysis

Applied Spectroscopy Reviews

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-250

  Cheung, N H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Argon fluoride laser; Laser ablation plumes; Laser excited atomic fluorescence; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; Resonance enhanced plasma spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER ABLATION; LASER EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARGON-FLUORIDE LASER; LASER-EXCITED ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE; LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; RESONANCE-ENHANCED PLASMA SPECTROSCOPY;

LASER SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34248594352     PISSN: 05704928     EISSN: 1520569X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/05704920701293745     Document Type: Article

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