Enhancement of Nd: YAG LIBS emission of a remote target using a simultaneous CO2 laser pulse

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 12905-12915

  Killinger, Dennis K ^a   Allen, Susan D ^b   Waterbury, Robert D ^c   Stefano, Chris ^c   Dottery, Edwin L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alakai Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMA FLOW; SUBSTRATES; TARGETS;

ALUMINA CERAMIC SUBSTRATE; IONIZATION STATES; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS) EMISSION; OUTPUT ENERGY;

LASER EXCITATION;

EID: 35148896718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012905     Document Type: Article

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