Nanosecond and femtosecond polarization resolved laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (PRLIBS) of aluminum

Author

Yaoming Liu ; Penczak, John S. ; Gordon, Robert J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Chem., Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report single-shot femtosecond and nanosecond polarization resolved laser-induce breakdown spectroscopy (PRLIBS) measurement results on aluminum. Compared with conventional LIBS, this technique can increase the signal to background ratio (SBR) even with non-gated time-integrated detection. The resolution and detection limit of PRLIBS is highly improved, making this technique especially useful for weak atomic and ionic transitions.

Keywords

aluminium; high-speed optical techniques; laser ablation; light polarisation; Al; atomic transitions; femtosecond LIBS; ionic transitions; laser ablation; nanosecond LIBS; nongated detection; plasma emission; polarization resolved laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy; signal to background ratio; time-integrated detection; Aluminum; Chemical lasers; Electric breakdown; Laser transitions; Plasma applications; Polarization; Signal resolution; Spectroscopy; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement; (140.3440) Laser-induced breakdown; (300.6365) Spectroscopy, laser induced breakdown;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5226172