Double-pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with 1030 and 257.5 nm wavelength femtosecond laser pulses

Lithuanian Journal of Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-110

  Balachninaite, O ^a   Baskevicius A ^a   Stankeviciute K ^a   Kurselis K ^a   Sirutkaitis, V ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Double pulse; Laser ablation by femtosecond pulses; Laser plasma; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953048004     PISSN: 16488504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3952/lithjphys.50118     Document Type: Article

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