Time-resolved investigations of laser-induced plasmas generated by nanosecond bursts in the millijoule burst energy regime

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1072-1076

  Gehlen, C D ^a   Roth, P ^b   Aydin, U ^a   Wiens, E ^b   Noll, R ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR LASER TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser micro structuring; LIBS; Millijoule burst energies; Plasma dynamic

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DYNAMICS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS;

ABLATION EFFICIENCIES; ABLATION RATES; BURST MODES; COLLINEAR DOUBLE PULSES; ELECTRON DENSITIES; EXCITATION TEMPERATURES; FUNCTION OF TIMES; LASER-INDUCED PLASMAS; LIBS; MILLIJOULE BURST ENERGIES; NANO-SECONDS; NANOSECOND LASER PULSES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PLASMA DYNAMIC; PLASMA DYNAMICS; PLASMA PARAMETERS; SINGLE PULSES; STEEL ALLOYS; TIME-RESOLVED;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 55249111017     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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