Generation of high-temperature and low-density plasmas for improved spectral resolutions in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10997-11006

  He, X N ^a   Hu, W ^a   Li, C M ^a,b   Guo, L B ^a,b   Lu, Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCIMER LASERS; GAS LASERS; PLASMAS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; KRF EXCIMER LASER; LOW DENSITY; LOW-DENSITY PLASMAS; ND : YAG LASERS; OPTICAL SCATTERING; PARTICLE FORMATIONS; PLASMA TEMPERATURE; SAMPLE SURFACE;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 79957618922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010997     Document Type: Article

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