All-fiber-coupled laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy sensor for hazardous materials analysis

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1519-1527

  Bohling, Christian ^a,b   Hohmann, Konrad ^a   Scheel, Dirk ^d   Bauer, Christoph ^a   Schippers, Wolfgang ^a   Burgmeier, Jörg ^a   Willer, Ulrike ^a   Holl, Gerhard ^c   Schade, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SECOPTA GmbH   (Germany)

^c Wehrwissenschaftliches Institut Für Werk Explosiv und Betriebsstoffe WIWEB   (Germany)

^d Systektum GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Explosives; Fiber Amplifier; LIBS; Microchip Laser; PCA

Indexed keywords

EXPLOSIVES; LASER PULSES; NEURAL NETWORKS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH;

LIBS SPECTRA; PLASMA EMISSION;

FIBER AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 36749017562     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.10.038     Document Type: Article

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