Optimally enhanced optical emission in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy by combining spatial confinement and dual-pulse irradiation

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1436-1443

  Guo, L B ^a,b   Zhang, B Y ^b   He, X N ^b   Li, C M ^a,b   Zhou, Y S ^b   Wu, T ^a   Park, J B ^b   Zeng, X Y ^a   Lu, Y F ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; EXCIMER LASERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

DELAY TIME; EMISSION INTENSITY; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; KRF EXCIMER LASER; ND : YAG LASERS; OPTICAL EMISSIONS; SAMPLE SURFACE; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT; WAVE THEORY;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; FLUORINE; KRYPTON;

AIR AND AIR RELATED PHENOMENA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXCIMER LASER; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; SOLID STATE LASER; SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM; CHROMIUM; CONFINED SPACES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLUORINE; KRYPTON; LASERS, EXCIMER; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855921177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.001436     Document Type: Article

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