Double pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with femtosecond laser pulses

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1006-1010

  Pinon V ^a,b   Fotakis, C ^a   Nicolas, G ^b   Anglos, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double pulse; Femtosecond pulses; LIBS

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; BARIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; SILICON; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENTS; BARIUM SULFATES; BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; COLLINEAR GEOMETRIES; DOUBLE PULSE; DOUBLE PULSES; EMISSIVE STATES; ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES; FEMTOSECOND PULSES; LIBS; NEUTRAL ATOMS; PULSE DELAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENTS; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; SINGLE PULSES; TEMPORAL SEPARATIONS; TRANSIENT REGIMES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 55249092201     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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