Accuracy improvement of quantitative analysis by spatial confinement in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 18188-18195

  Guo, L B ^a,b   Hao, Z Q ^a   Shen, M ^a   Xiong, W ^b   He, X N ^b   Xie, Z Q ^b   Gao, M ^a   Li, X Y ^a   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

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; CAVITY DIMENSION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EMISSION INTENSITY; ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HEMISPHERICAL CAVITIES; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; SPATIAL CONFINEMENT;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MANGANESE;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

METAL;

ALGORITHM; CHEMISTRY; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ALGORITHMS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; METALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880960391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.018188     Document Type: Article

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