A theoretical study of atmospheric propagation of laser and return light for stand-off laser induced breakdown spectroscopy purposes

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 305-311

  Ferrero, A ^a   Laserna, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breakdown; Laser; Plasma; Remote; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING;

ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); OPTICAL RADIATION; PLASMA EMISSION;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 44449125760     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.11.020     Document Type: Article

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