• DocumentCode
    520492
  • Title

    Sensitive detection of heavy metals in water using microchip Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

  • Author

    Chen, Zhijiang ; Godwal, Yogesh ; Pan, Lei ; Utkin, Ilya ; Tsui, Y.Y. ; Fedosejevs, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A diode pumped Cr,Nd:YAG microchip laser with 4µJ pulse energy and multi-kilohertz repetition rate is demonstrated suitable for high sensitivity Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy detection of trace heavy metals in water using an electroplating sampling technique.
  • Keywords
    Aluminum; Diodes; Electric breakdown; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Signal to noise ratio; Spectroscopy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500074