Dynamic effects of a pre-ablation spark in the orthogonal dual-pulse laser induced breakdown spectroscopy

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 427-435

  Choi, Sung Chul ^a   Oh, Myoung Kyu ^a   Lee, Yonghoon ^a   Nam, Sungmo ^b   Ko, Do Kyeong ^a   Lee, Jongmin ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dynamic effect; LIBS; Pre ablation spark; Signal enhancement

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM METAL; ANALYTE; DYNAMIC EFFECT; DYNAMIC EFFECTS; EMISSION INTENSITY; EMISSION LIFETIME; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LASER POWER; LIBS; MASS REMOVAL; PLASMA EMISSION; PRE-ABLATION SPARK; PRINCIPAL FACTORS; PULSE LASER; REDUCED ENERGY; SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; TIME-SPACE;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ELECTRIC SPARKS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER DAMAGE; LASER PULSES; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; LASERS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); METAL RECOVERY; PLASMAS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ABLATION;

EID: 67649419536     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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