A review of the development of portable laser induced breakdown spectroscopy and its applications

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 101, Issue , 2014, Pages 269-287

  Rakovsky J ^a   Cermak P ^b   Musset, O ^c   Veis, P ^b  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Fiber laser; Fieldable LIBS; Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy; Microchip laser; Portable LIBS

Indexed keywords

FIELDABLE LIBS; ITS APPLICATIONS; MICROCHIP LASERS; PORTABLE LIBS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 84907907372     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2014.09.015     Document Type: Review

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