Enhanced temperature and emission from a standoff 266 nm laser initiated LIBS plasma using a simultaneous 10.6 μm CO2 laser pulse

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 8856-8870

  Pal, Avishekh ^a   Waterbury, Robert D ^b   Dottery, Edwin L ^b   Killinger, Dennis K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Alakai Consulting and Engineering Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; LASER PULSES;

CO2 LASER PULSE; DEEP UV; LASER INDUCED; LIBS PLASMAS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; HEAT; LASER; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GASES; HOT TEMPERATURE; LASERS; LASERS, GAS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 66449130104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.008856     Document Type: Article

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