Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy–a geochemical tool for the 21st century

RS Harmon, GS Senesi - Applied Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a simple, straightforward, and versatile
form of atomic emission spectroscopy that focuses a rapidly-pulsed laser beam onto a …

Optical diagnostics of laser-produced plasmas

SS Harilal, MC Phillips, DH Froula, KK Anoop… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022 - APS
Laser-produced plasmas (LPPs) engulf exotic and complex conditions ranging in
temperature, density, pressure, magnetic and electric fields, charge states, charged particle …

[HTML][HTML] Optical spectroscopy of laser-produced plasmas for standoff isotopic analysis

SS Harilal, BE Brumfield, NL LaHaye… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
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 …

Laser ablation molecular isotopic spectrometry

RE Russo, AA Bol'shakov, X Mao, CP McKay… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2011 - Elsevier
A new method of performing optical isotopic analysis of condensed samples in ambient air
and at ambient pressure has been developed: Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic …

Recent applications of laser‐induced breakdown spectrometry: a review of material approaches

WB Lee, J Wu, YI Lee, J Sneddon - Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The use of laser‐induced breakdown spectrometry (LIBS) has grown steadily, and it has
proven to be a relatively dynamic research activity for performing direct spectrochemical …

Dual-comb spectroscopy of laser-induced plasmas

J Bergevin, TH Wu, J Yeak, BE Brumfield… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Dual-comb spectroscopy has become a powerful spectroscopic technique in applications
that rely on its broad spectral coverage combined with high frequency resolution …

Laser ablation molecular isotopic spectrometry: strontium and its isotopes

X Mao, AA Bol'shakov, I Choi, CP McKay… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2011 - Elsevier
The experimental details are reported of Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry
(LAMIS) and its application for performing optical isotopic analysis of solid strontium …

Laser ablation spectrometry for studies of uranium plasmas, reactor monitoring, and spent fuel safety

M Burger, LA Finney, L Garrett, SS Harilal… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Nuclear security is one of the defining challenges of our time. Nuclear threats range from
deliberate dispersal of radioactive material to contaminate the vital infrastructure to diversion …

Measurement of uranium isotope ratios in solid samples using laser ablation and diode laser-excited atomic fluorescence spectrometry

BW Smith, A Quentmeier, M Bolshov… - Spectrochimica Acta Part B …, 1999 - Elsevier
A diode laser is used for the selective excitation of 235U and 238U in a laser-induced
plasma applying Nd: YAG laser pulses to UO2 samples. The diode laser is rapidly scanned …

Time-resolved absorption spectroscopic characterization of ultrafast laser-produced plasmas under varying background pressures

SS Harilal, EJ Kautz, MC Phillips - Physical Review E, 2021 - APS
Time-resolved tunable laser absorption spectroscopy is used to characterize the physical
properties of ultrafast laser-produced plasmas. The plasmas were produced from an Inconel …