Comparative study of femtosecond and nanosecond laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of depleted uranium

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-317

  Emmert, Luke A ^a   Chinni, Rosemarie C ^b   Cremers, David A ^c   Jones, C Randy ^c   Rudolph, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b ALVERNIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; NEODYMIUM; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; SAPPHIRE; URANIUM;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEPLETED URANIUM; FEMTOSECONDS; LASER PLASMA; NANOSECOND LASERS; NON EQUILIBRIUM; SPECTRAL LINE INTENSITIES; URANIUM ATOM;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 78751608416     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000313     Document Type: Article

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