The first part of this two-part review focused on the fundamental and diagnostics aspects of
laser-induced plasmas, only touching briefly upon concepts such as sensitivity and detection …

Advances in characterization of laser induced plasmas by optical emission spectroscopy are
reviewed in this article. The review is focused on the progress achieved in the determination …

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy has become an established analytical atomic
emission spectroscopic technique. It has analytical and technical advantages over other …

Rapid, in-field, and non-contact isotopic analysis of solid materials is extremely important to
a large number of applications, such as nuclear nonproliferation monitoring and forensics …

A review of recent results of the studies of double laser pulse plasma and ablation for laser
induced breakdown spectroscopy applications is presented. The double pulse laser induced …

This chapter describes in detail the fundamental aspects of laser ablation processes,
including laser-induced plasma ignition and expansion leading to plasma emission and …

It is of great importance to explore the evolution of laser-induced plasma (LIP) properties,
especially plasma temperature, with regard to variations of experiment conditions in both …

A comprehensive numerical model has recently been developed for nanosecond (ns) laser
ablation of metallic targets, describing the processes of target heating, melting and …

2 6 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY/JANUARY 1, 2006 ionic, and molecular emission
characteristics of the plasma can be measured. Because the composition of a LIP is a …

The electron density in a laser produced plasma experiment was measured utilizing the
Stark broadening of the Hα-line at 656.27 nm. This line results from the interaction of the Nd …