Double pulse laser ablation and laser induced breakdown spectroscopy: A modeling investigation

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 746-754

  Bogaerts, Annemie ^a   Chen, Zhaoyang ^a   Autrique, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Double pulse; Laser ablation; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; Numerical modeling; Plume expansion

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ABSORPTION; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; ELECTRONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAMS; LASER DAMAGE; LASER FUSION; LASER HEATING; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; METAL MELTING; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PLASMA (HUMAN); PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SMELTING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TARGETS; THERMAL PLUMES;

APPLIED (CO); DELAY TIMES; DOUBLE-PULSE (DP); DOUBLE-PULSE LASER ABLATION (DPLA); ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELSEVIER (CO); IN ORDER; INTENSE EMISSION; LASER ABSORPTION; LASER ENERGIES; LASER PLASMA INTERACTION (LPI); LASER-INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); LOWER ENERGIES; METAL TARGETS; MOLTEN STATES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PLASMA FORMATIONS; PLASMA TEMPERATURES; PLUME EXPANSION; SINGLE PULSE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TOTAL ENERGIES; VAPOR PLUMES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 46049096460     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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