Investigation of helium addition for laser-induced plasma spectroscopy of pure gas phase systems: Analyte interactions and signal enhancement

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1390-1398

  Henry, C A ^a   Diwakar, P K ^a   Hahn, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser induced plasma; LIBS; Metastable

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; IONIZATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PHASE STABILITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

LASER-INDUCED PLASMA; LASER-PLASMA COUPLING; PLASMA ELECTRON DENSITY;

HELIUM;

EID: 36749049858     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Radziemski L.J., Loree T.R., Cremers D.A., and Hoffman T.M. Time-resolved laser-induced breakdown spectrometry of aerosols. Anal. Chem. 55 (1983) 1246-1252
2. Radziemski L.J. Review of selected analytical applications of laser plasmas and laser-ablation. Microchem. J. 50 (1994) 218-234
3. Cremers D.A., and Radziemski L.J. Chapter 1, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy: fundamentals and applications, in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. In: Miziolek A.W., Palleschi V., and Schechter I. (Eds) (2006), Cambridge University Press
4. Hahn D.W., and Lunden M.M. Detection and analysis of aerosol particles by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Aerosol Sci. and Tech. 33 (2000) 30-48
5. Carranza J.E., Fisher B.T., Yoder G.D., and Hahn D.W. On-line analysis of ambient air aerosols using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 56 (2001) 851-864
6. Hettinger B., Hohreiter V., Swingle M., and Hahn D.W. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for ambient air particulate monitoring: correlation of total and speciated aerosol counts. Appl. Spectrosc. 60 (2006) 237-245
7. Dixon P.B., and Hahn D.W. On the feasibility of detection and identification of individual bioaerosols using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Anal. Chem. 77 (2005) 631-638
8. 2.5 in an urban environment using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Atmos. Environ. 38 (2004) 3319-3328
9. Neuhauser R.E., Panne U., Niessner R., Petrucci G.A., Cavalli P., and Omenetto N. On-line and in-situ detection of lead aerosols by plasma-spectroscopy and laser-excited atomic fluorescence spectroscopy. Anal. Chim. Acta 346 (1997) 37-48
10. Nunez M.H., Cavalli P., Petrucci G., and Omenetto N. Analysis of sulfuric acid aerosols by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy and laser-induced fragmentation. Appl. Spectrosc. 54 (2000) 1805-1816
11. Carranza J.E., and Hahn D.W. Sampling statistics and considerations for single-shot analysis using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 57 (2002) 779-790
12. Lithgow G.A., and Buckley S.G. Effects of focal volume and spatial inhomogeniety on uncertainty in single-aerosol laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurements. Appl. Phys. Lett. 87 (2005) 011501
13. Hohreiter V., Ball A., and Hahn D.W. Effects of aerosols and laser cavity seeding on spectral and temporal. J. Anal. Atom. Spectrosc. 19 (2004) 1289-1294
14. Windom B.C., Diwakar P.K., and Hahn D.W. Dual-pulse LIBS for analysis of gaseous and aerosol systems: plasma-analyte interactions. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 61 (2006) 788-796
15. Kuzuya M., Matsumoto H., Takechi H., and Mikami O. Effect of laser energy and atmosphere on the emission characteristics of laser-induced plasmas. Appl. Spectrosc. 47 (1993) 1659-1664
16. Joseph M.R., Xu N., and Majidi V. Time-resolved emission characteristics and temperature profiles of laser-induced plasmas in helium. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 49 (1994) 89-103
17. + resonance states by helium. Z. Phys., D At. Mol. Clust. 27 (1993) 243-248
18. Lee Y., Song K., Cha H., Lee J., Park M., Lee G., and Sneddon J. Influence of atmospheric and irradiation wavelength on the copper plasma emission induced by excimer and Q-switched Nd:YAG laser ablation. Appl. Spectrosc. 51 (1997) 959-964
19. Tran M., Sun Q., Smith B.W., and Winefordner J.D. Determination of F, Cl, and Br in solid organic compounds by laser-induced plasma spectroscopy. Appl. Spectrosc. 55 (2001) 739-744
20. Pardede M., Kurniawan H., Lie T.J., Hedwig R., Idris N., Kobayashi T., Maruyama T., Lee Y.I., Kagawa K., and Tjia M.O. Hydrogen analysis in solid samples using laser-induced helium plasma at atmospheric pressure. J. Appl. Phys. 98 (2005) 043105
21. Abdulmadjid S.N., Suliyanti M.M., Kurniawan K.H., Lie T.J., Pardede M., Hedwig R., Kagawa K., and Tjia M.O. An improved approach for hydrogen analysis in metal samples using laser-induced gas plasma and target plasma at helium atmospheric pressure. Appl. Phys. B 82 (2006) 161-166
22. Kurniawan K.H., and Kagawa K. Hydrogen and deuterium analysis using laser-induced plasma spectroscopy. Appl. Spectrosc. Rev. 41 (2006) 99-130
23. Kurniawan K.H., Pardede M., Hedwig R., Lie Z.S., Lie T.J., Kurniawan D.P., Ramli M., Fukumoto K.I., Niki H., Abdulmadjid S.N., Idris N., Maruyama T., Kagawa K., and Tija M.O. Quantitative hydrogen analysis of zircaloy-4 using low-pressure laser plasma technique. Anal. Chem. 79 (2007) 2703-2707
24. Ramli M., Kagawa K., Abdulmadjid S.N., Idris N., Budi W.S., Marpaung M.A., Kurniawan K.H., Lie T.J., Suliyanti M.M., Hedwig R., Pardede M., Lie Z.S., and Tjia M.O. Some notes on the role of meta-stable excited state of helium atom in laser-induced helium gas breakdown spectroscopy. Appl. Phys. B 86 (2007) 729-734
25. Wagatsuma K., and Hirokawa K. Excitation of singly ionized argon species in helium-matrix glow discharge plasma-role of the energy transfer from helium metastables. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 50 (1995) 109-125
26. Clay J., and Niemczyk T. Factors influencing iron excitation in nitrogen rare-gas microwave plasmas. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 47 (1992) 835-841
27. Masamba W.R.L., and Winefordner J.D. Analytical characteristics of a helium hydrogen capacitively coupled microwave plasma. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 48 (1993) 521-529
28. Rodero A., Quintero M.C., Sola A., and Gamero A. Preliminary spectroscopic experiments with helium microwave induced plasma produced in air by use of a new structure: the axial injection torch. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 51 (1996) 467-479
29. Croslyn A.E., Smith B.W., and Winefordner J.D. A review of microwave plasma sources in atomic emission spectrometry: literature from 1985 to the present. Crit. Rev. Anal. Chem. 27 (1997) 199-255
30. Podder N.K., Johnson J.A., Raynor C.T., Loch S.D., Balance C.P., and Pindzola M.S. Helium line intensity ratio in microwave-generated plasmas. Phys. Plasmas 11 (2004) 5436-5443
31. Naveed M.A., Qayyum A., Shujaat A., and Zakaullah M. Effects of helium gas mixing on the production of active species in nitrogen plasma. Phys. Lett. A 359 (2006) 499-503
32. Yalcin S., Crosley D.R., Smith G.P., and Faris G.W. Influence of ambient conditions on the laser air spark. Appl. Phys. B 68 (1999) 121-130
33. Yalcin S., Crosley D.R., Smith G.P., and Faris G.W. Spectroscopic characterization of laser-produced plasma for in situ toxic metal monitoring. Haz. Waste and Haz. Materials 13 (1996) 51-61
34. Hohreiter V., and Hahn D.W. Plasma-particle interactions in a laser-induced plasma: implications for laser-induced breakdown Spectroscopy. Anal. Chem. 78 (2006) 1509-1514
35. Griem R. Spectral Line Broadening by Plasmas (1974), Academic Press, New York
36. Hohreiter V., Carranza J.E., and Hahn D.W. Temporal analysis of laser-induced plasma properties as related to laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy. Spectrochim. Acta Part B 59 (2004) 327-333
37. Raud J., Laan M., and Aints M. . The influence of N2 as a trace gas to HF capillary discharge in He. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39 (2006) 2724-2731