Comparison of single and double-pulse excitation during the earliest stage of laser induced plasma

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 400, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3207-3216

  Nagli, L ^a,b   Gaft, M ^b   Gornushkin, I ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Laser Distance Spectrometry   (Israel)

^c BAM FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TESTING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collision dominated plasma model; Double ionization; Laser induced plasma; Single ionization

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CONTINUUM RADIATION; DECAY TIME; DOUBLE IONIZATION; DOUBLE PULSE; DOUBLE-PULSE EXCITATION; EMISSION LINES; EXCITATION CONDITIONS; EXCITATION MECHANISMS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTENSITY OF LIGHT; IONIZED SPECIES; LASER INDUCED PLASMA; LIFE SPAN; NEUTRAL ATOMS; PLASMA MODEL; SINGLE IONIZATION; SINGLE-PULSE;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; IMPACT IONIZATION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

LASER EXCITATION;

EID: 79960627207     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-4806-9     Document Type: Article

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