Open AccessLasers for compact & fast LIBS systems
Author(s) -
Vasileva Elena,
Gatty Mélina Gilbert
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
photonicsviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2626-1308
pISSN - 2626-1294
DOI - 10.1002/phvs.202100062
Subject(s) - laser induced breakdown spectroscopy , laser , spectroscopy , plasma , materials science , range (aeronautics) , semiconductor , optoelectronics , atomic emission spectroscopy , sample (material) , sample preparation , thin film , analytical chemistry (journal) , nanotechnology , optics , chemistry , environmental chemistry , physics , composite material , inductively coupled plasma , chromatography , quantum mechanics
Abstract Laser‐induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is an atomic‐emission spectroscopy technique that enables rapid chemical analysis of a wide range of materials, including metals, semiconductors, glasses, biological tissues, plastics, soils, thin and paint coatings. The technique relies on focusing short high‐energy laser pulses onto the surface of a target sample, which in turn generates a plasma containing a small amount of the sample (typically, a few nanograms).