Laser-ablation - Optical cavity isotopic spectrometer for Mars rovers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8385, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bol'shakov, Alexander A ^a   Mao, Xianglei ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^c   Russo, Richard E ^a,b  

^a Applied Spectra Inc   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical analysis; isotope; LAMIS; Laser ablation; LIBS; molecular spectrometry; optical emission spectrum

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SENSITIVITY; ADVANCED MODIFICATIONS; AGE DETERMINATION; ATOMIC TRANSITION; BORON ISOTOPES; CAVITY ENHANCED SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; COMPACT DEVICES; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; ISOTOPIC ABUNDANCES; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; LAMIS; LASER ABLATION PLASMAS; LASER ABLATION PLUME; LIBS; MARS ROVERS; MOLECULAR EMISSIONS; MOLECULAR SPECIES; OPTICAL CAVITIES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTRA; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SOLID SAMPLES; SPECTRAL SHIFT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SURFACE MATERIALS; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOR; TUNABLE DIODE LASERS;

BORON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESIGN; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; LASER ABLATION; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SENSORS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPECTROMETRY; STRONTIUM;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 84864339740     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.919905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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