LIBS plasma enhancement for standoff detection applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6954, Issue , 2008, Pages

  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

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; LIBS; Lidar; Standoff remote sensing; TEPS

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL , BIOLOGICAL , RADIOLOGICAL , NUCLEAR (CBRN); PLASMA ENHANCEMENT; STAND-OFF DETECTION;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EXPLOSIVES;

EID: 45149100076     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.776949     Document Type: Conference Paper

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