• DocumentCode
    500146
  • Title

    Superheating of LIBS plasma electron temperature by addition of a CO2 laser pulse onto Fe, Pb and Al substrates for remote sensing applications

  • Author

    Pal, Avishekh ; Killinger, Dennis K. ; Waterbury, Robert D. ; Dottery, Edwin L.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A 10.6 mum CO2 laser pulse was used to enhance a remote LIBS emission. The temperature of the plasma was measured, and increased by 3,000 K due to the addition of the CO2 laser pulse.
  • Keywords
    aluminium; carbon compounds; gas lasers; iron; lead; plasma heating by laser; plasma light propagation; plasma temperature; remote sensing by laser beam; Al; CO2; CO2 laser pulse; Fe; LIBS; Pb; laser-induced-breakdown spectroscopy; plasma electron temperature; remote sensing; superheating; wavelength 10.6 mum; Chemical lasers; Electrons; Iron; Ocean temperature; Optical pulses; Plasma measurements; Plasma temperature; Pulse measurements; Spectroscopy; Temperature measurement; (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics; (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
    5225528